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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the Old River Control Project, LeRoy Dugas, also known as Dugie, is what initially?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Supportive.
(c) Furious.
(d) Critical.

2. While aboard the Mississippi on his annual trip, General Sands tries to:
(a) Fine environmentalists.
(b) Generate new contracts.
(c) Settle differences.
(d) Capture poachers.

3. When floodwaters cover twenty-six thousand square miles in 1927, how is New Orleans saved?
(a) Blowing up a downstream levee.
(b) Layering sandbags along the riverbanks.
(c) Building concrete walls around the city.
(d) Quickly digging a diversion channel.

4. In 1973, what happens to the Old River Control structure despite engineers drilling it and filling it with cement?
(a) The entire project is cancelled.
(b) Funding to strengthen the structure is cut.
(c) The foundation is eroded and undermined.
(d) The structure is knocked down and rebuilt.

5. After the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, Old Cajun bayou life is:
(a) Diminished.
(b) Lost.
(c) Enriched.
(d) Renewed.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that how much of New Orleans lies fifteen feet below sea level?

2. During the fifty years between New Orleans' floods of 1735 and 1785, what does the author say brings a false sense of security against flooding?

3. In the mid-1800s, the United States Congress passes a Swamp and Overflow Land Act to:

4. Congress mandates that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey the Mississippi and tributaries in order to assure and improve what?

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

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