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

2. In the mid-1800s, the United States Congress passes a Swamp and Overflow Land Act to:
(a) Deed swampland to individual states.
(b) Evict land squatters.
(c) Create a new water control system.
(d) Take away ownership rights.

3. The author mentions that when he met Rabalais, he wore what in his pocket?
(a) Silver pocket watch.
(b) Gold pocket watch.
(c) Red bandana.
(d) Checkered bandana.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the 1927 flood in Louisiana teach officials about levees?

2. In 1928, Congress enacts the Flood Control Act to start what?

3. A snagboat is a river boat that does what?

4. When the author recalls his first time in the Atchafalaya swamps with Charles Fryling in 1980, what does he fondly remember?

5. After the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, Old Cajun bayou life is:

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