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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Atchafalaya.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the early days of New Orleans, residents build their homes on what?
(a) Metal bridges.
(b) Concrete risers.
(c) Natural levees.
(d) Sand piles.

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

3. Initially, Rabalais is hired as a construction inspector to watch for what at the navigation lock?
(a) Oversized ships.
(b) Illegal drug shipments.
(c) Escaping water.
(d) Trapped seals.

4. Who is Raphael G. Kazmann?
(a) Author of Modern Hydrology.
(b) Author of Modern Thermodynamics.
(c) Developer of electromagnetic therapy.
(d) Developer of tripod pilings.

5. On General Sand's floating conference boat, Oliver Houck is the only board member who is active in what?
(a) Local political life.
(b) Taking the census.
(c) Cancelling the Old River project.
(d) Environmental movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years after the Old River Control begins does the operation appear to be successful?

2. The author asserts that due to floods in the region, Louisiana loses how much land each year?

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

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

5. By 1812, the east bank of the Mississippi River is levied up to which city?

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