1. What does "City Flow" do in Heimaey?
(a) Kills twenty-nine workers.
(b) Crushes houses in its path.
(c) Moves lava streams away from the town.
(d) Melts the moving mountain.

2. In Southern California, the author interviews Charles Colver, who is a member of a:
(a) Team of engineers opposed to debris basins.
(b) Conservation group.
(c) Movie-making studio.
(d) Citrus-growing family.

3. On January 23, 1973, the five thousand residents of Heimaey, the only populated island of Vestmannaeyjar, are threatened by what?
(a) Lava.
(b) Cracking ice shelf.
(c) War.
(d) Flu epidemic.

4. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers develops a plan to do what?
(a) Control natural shifts of the Mississippi River.
(b) Develop communities along the Mississippi River.
(c) Protect the fish population of the Atchfalaya River.
(d) Build twenty large dams on the Atchafalaya River.

5. As the Genofile family seeks refuge in the parents' bedroom when the debris flow hits their home, what happens?
(a) Lightning strikes the family's home.
(b) The flow pushes the family outside through a window.
(c) The house fills with mud, water and rocks within minutes.
(d) The family members are separated from each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. At one point, Rabalais drives the author first to the Mississippi River and then to the Atchafalaya River, showing him that the Mississippi is 18 feet above sea level while the Atchafalaya is how many feet above sea level?

2. Debris basins in Los Angeles County provide geologists with the opportunity to measure and determine what?

3. The writing on Dugie's belt buckle reads:

4. Why do residents of Heimaey hose down oncoming lava?

5. What is chaparral?

(see the answer key)

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