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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sympathetically, who does McPhee blame for destructive actions against the natural order of the environment?
(a) The United Nations.
(b) Foreign policy.
(c) The Executive branch of government.
(d) Man.

2. What river does the author mention that connects the Atchafalaya and the Mississippi to form an H?
(a) New River.
(b) Old River.
(c) Red River.
(d) Black River.

3. What is a weir?
(a) Small tugboat.
(b) Large gate.
(c) Small dam.
(d) Large lock.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From the time that the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, what word does the author associate with the river and the region?

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

3. What does the 1927 flood in Louisiana teach officials about levees?

4. When was the Kent, a small towboat used by the U.S. Army Corps, put into service?

5. When the author recalls his first time in the Atchafalaya swamps with Charles Fryling in 1980, what does he fondly remember?

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