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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the author recalls his first time in the Atchafalaya swamps with Charles Fryling in 1980, what does he fondly remember?
(a) Seeing lightning bugs for the first time.
(b) Floating among trees under silently flying birds.
(c) His first encounter with a baby alligator.
(d) The water rushing through locks and gates.

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

3. A towboat is designed to:
(a) Pull barges.
(b) Push large cargo ships.
(c) Pull large cargo ships.
(d) Push barges.

4. When was the Kent, a small towboat used by the U.S. Army Corps, put into service?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1964.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When floodwaters cover twenty-six thousand square miles in 1927, how is New Orleans saved?

2. Rabalais says he remembers being taught in high school that one day, these would be built:

3. The writing on Dugie's belt buckle reads:

4. In the mid-1800s, the United States Congress passes a Swamp and Overflow Land Act to:

5. In New Orleans' earliest days, French settlers begin to live there despite the fact that the area:

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