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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Take away ownership rights.
(d) Create a new water control system.

2. Atchafalaya is a what?
(a) River.
(b) Waterfall.
(c) Mountain.
(d) City.

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

4. In the spring of 1973, what does the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers do to try to alleviate the tremendous force of water against the control structure?
(a) Dam up water north of the structure.
(b) Purposely flood the entire region.
(c) Open up all eleven gates.
(d) Dig a ditch to re-route the water.

5. During high spring waters, what danger forms unseen beneath turbulent waters at the outflow to the Atchafalaya?
(a) The partial collapse of one of the pylons.
(b) A crack in a gate of the control structure.
(c) An enormous hole larger and deeper than a football stadium.
(d) Treacherous new rip currents.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is commonly fished from the bayou regions around the Atchafalaya?

4. The author notes that many regard the Old River Project as what?

5. The livelihood of approximately how many people is affected by the Old River Control?

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