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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Atchafalaya.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The writing on Dugie's belt buckle reads:
(a) To serve nature and protect man.
(b) To conquer nature and advance humanity.
(c) To help control the Mississippi.
(d) To tame the wild Atchafalaya.

2. Throughout the book, a predominant theme is that the following gets in the way of man's plans:
(a) Machinery.
(b) The economy.
(c) Environmental Protection Agency.
(d) Nature.

3. In the early 1800s, private plantation owners in Louisiana levee riverbanks to:
(a) Irrigate their land.
(b) Store river water.
(c) Combine river water.
(d) Protect their land.

4. In the mid-1800s, the United States Congress passes a Swamp and Overflow Land Act to:
(a) Evict land squatters.
(b) Create a new water control system.
(c) Take away ownership rights.
(d) Deed swampland to individual states.

5. In the 1800s, swamps in Louisiana are drained and used as what?
(a) Military camps.
(b) Hideouts.
(c) Farmland.
(d) Storage pits.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, Old Cajun bayou life is:

2. Norris F. Rabalais was born and raised in what Louisiana parish?

3. 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?

4. The author notes that many regard the Old River Project as what?

5. In the 1800s, why do levee districts and boards form in Louisiana?

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