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

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

3. When the author asks several individuals why people buy homes in dangerous areas of Southern California, one of the answers he receives is that:
(a) There are dangers anywhere people live.
(b) People are naive and ignorant, and they choose to live in denial.
(c) Newcomers are willing to put their lives in danger for the opportunity to live there.
(d) New home buyers don't know the history of the area.

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

5. What is commonly fished from the bayou regions around the Atchafalaya?
(a) Salmon.
(b) Lobster.
(c) Trout.
(d) Crawfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. When workers in Vestmannaeyjar hose down lava, why do they keep moving?

2. Where do Bob and Jackie Genofile live?

3. On January 23, 1973, the five thousand residents of Heimaey, the only populated island of Vestmannaeyjar, are threatened by what?

4. What does the author identify as a prime contributor to especially dangerous debris flows?

5. When Magnus Magnusson takes the author to visit an old monument in Iceland, what do they do?

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