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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. What do doctors dispense to workers who are cooling down the lava in Iceland to soothe their hoarse throats?
(a) Icelandic throat lozenges.
(b) Norwegian chest drops.
(c) Swedish chest lozenges.
(d) Finnish cough drops.

2. How are residents and livestock evacuated from Heimaey during the 1973 eruptions?
(a) By trains and planes.
(b) By boats, trains, and planes.
(c) By ships and trains.
(d) By ships, planes, and boats.

3. Reykjavik is the capital city of what nation?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Greenland.
(d) Poland.

4. In 1928, Congress enacts the Flood Control Act to start what?
(a) Rivers, Tributaries, and Levees Effort.
(b) Old and New Rivers Effort.
(c) Mississippi River and Tributaries Project.
(d) Atchafalaya River and Levees Project.

5. After being hosed down, how long does it take for red-hot lava to turn black?
(a) Hours to days.
(b) A month and a half.
(c) Two and a half weeks.
(d) Four weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the the Mauna Loa eruption of 1984 last?

2. After the eruptions of 1973 end, how many of Heimaey's evacuees return?

3. Even though Hawaii's Hilo is often threatened by lava flows, Hilo has thus far been protected because:

4. A towboat is designed to:

5. Who is Raphael G. Kazmann?

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