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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are residents of French Acadia called?
(a) Francadians.
(b) Cajuns.
(c) Mississipiuns.
(d) Arcadians.

3. A navigation lock on the bank of the Mississippi River lowers ships down to where?
(a) Atlantic Ocean.
(b) Gulf of Mexico.
(c) Atchafalaya River.
(d) Red River.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sympathetically, who does McPhee blame for destructive actions against the natural order of the environment?

2. What is commonly fished from the bayou regions around the Atchafalaya?

3. When floodwaters cover twenty-six thousand square miles in 1927, how is New Orleans saved?

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

5. During high spring waters, what danger forms unseen beneath turbulent waters at the outflow to the Atchafalaya?

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