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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 is the purpose of the debris basins that line the San Gabriel Mountains?
(a) To protect expensive homes below.
(b) To store water.
(c) To prevent snow avalanches.
(d) To prevent landslides.

2. The U.S. Army Air Corps' actions on an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935 result in what?
(a) Debris buildup and redirected lava flows.
(b) Cooled lava.
(c) Better seismic readings.
(d) Temporary halt of lava flows.

3. With "City Flow" moving towards them in Heimaey, what do pumping crews do?
(a) Abandon efforts and run away.
(b) Send an emergency request for more crews and equipment.
(c) Dismantle and move equipment to save it.
(d) Board a ship and leave.

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

5. In the early 1800s, private plantation owners in Louisiana levee riverbanks to:
(a) Protect their land.
(b) Combine river water.
(c) Irrigate their land.
(d) Store river water.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author visits Vestmannaeyjar, what does he notice?

2. Norris F. Rabalais was born and raised in what Louisiana parish?

3. What nickname do the residents of Heimaey give to Sveinn Eiriksson?

4. The author meets Barclay Kamb, a researcher living near the San Gabriel Mountains who studies:

5. The first debris basin in Southern California starts out as what?

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