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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that how much of New Orleans lies fifteen feet below sea level?
(a) Ten percent.
(b) Half.
(c) All of it.
(d) One quarter.

2. The livelihood of approximately how many people is affected by the Old River Control?
(a) 13 hundred.
(b) 31 thousand.
(c) 3 million.
(d) 3 thousand.

3. The author tells stories of the following people in conflict with forces of nature:
(a) Residents.
(b) Government officials.
(c) Engineers.
(d) All of the them.

4. 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.

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) Treacherous new rip currents.
(c) An enormous hole larger and deeper than a football stadium.
(d) A crack in a gate of the control structure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Throughout the book, a predominant theme is that the following gets in the way of man's plans:

2. Of the Old River Control Project, LeRoy Dugas, also known as Dugie, is what initially?

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

4. When was the Kent, a small towboat used by the U.S. Army Corps, put into service?

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

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