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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cooling the Lava.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over a number of centuries, how does the Mississippi River form the state of Louisiana?
(a) By cutting deep, rocky canyons into the land.
(b) By irrigating carefully cultivated fields.
(c) By creating all of the state's boundaries.
(d) By overflowing river banks.

2. Why do residents of Heimaey hose down oncoming lava?
(a) Act of desperation in fear of the oncoming lava.
(b) It was attempted there before successfully.
(c) Because of local superstitions.
(d) Create a chilled wall of lava to stop the flow.

3. What is the author's role in this book?
(a) Investigative reporter.
(b) Trained scientist.
(c) Influential politician.
(d) Passive observer.

4. Congress mandates that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey the Mississippi and tributaries in order to assure and improve what?
(a) Farmland irrigation.
(b) Aquatic recreation.
(c) Inland navigation.
(d) Water rights.

5. At one point, Rabalais drives the author first to the Mississippi River and then to the Atchafalaya River, showing him that the Mississippi is 18 feet above sea level while the Atchafalaya is how many feet above sea level?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the north side of the volcanic mountain in Vestmannaeyjar breaks loose?

2. The author asserts that due to floods in the region, Louisiana loses how much land each year?

3. What is Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson's vocation?

4. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers distributes Atchafalaya river water to swamps, bayous, towns, and cities in:

5. How tall does the erupting volcano in Heimaey grow to above sea level?

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