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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Los Angeles Against the Mountains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people perish in the same debris flow that crashes into the Genofile family's house?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

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?
(a) Drought conditions.
(b) Concrete seawalls.
(c) Prosperous economic boom.
(d) Extended, raised levees.

3. The author mentions that when he met Rabalais, he wore what in his pocket?
(a) Red bandana.
(b) Gold pocket watch.
(c) Checkered bandana.
(d) Silver pocket watch.

4. In the 1800s, why do levee districts and boards form in Louisiana?
(a) To spread levee costs.
(b) To establish water claims.
(c) To control water levels.
(d) For diplomatic reasons.

5. The Old River Control began its operations in what year?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1988.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the returning residents benefit from the cooled but still hot lava rocks on Vestmannaeyjar?

2. What gives Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson the idea to cool the oncoming flow of lava?

3. Over a number of centuries, how does the Mississippi River form the state of Louisiana?

4. What does Magnus Magnusson tell Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson to protect first during the eruptions of 1973?

5. How many people live on the Los Angeles County coastal plain below the San Gabriel Mountains?

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