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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Throughout the book, a predominant theme is that the following gets in the way of man's plans:
(a) Environmental Protection Agency.
(b) Nature.
(c) Machinery.
(d) The economy.

2. In 1973, what happens to the Old River Control structure despite engineers drilling it and filling it with cement?
(a) The foundation is eroded and undermined.
(b) Funding to strengthen the structure is cut.
(c) The structure is knocked down and rebuilt.
(d) The entire project is cancelled.

3. While aboard the Mississippi on his annual trip, General Sands tries to:
(a) Capture poachers.
(b) Settle differences.
(c) Fine environmentalists.
(d) Generate new contracts.

4. Congress mandates that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey the Mississippi and tributaries in order to assure and improve what?
(a) Water rights.
(b) Inland navigation.
(c) Farmland irrigation.
(d) Aquatic recreation.

5. What does James B. Eads invent to explore the Mississippi River?
(a) Glass-bottom boat.
(b) Submarine.
(c) Water telescope.
(d) Underwater camera.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a conversation between General Sands and Oliver Houck on a floating conference boat, what does the General remind Houck regarding the vital role of the U.S. Army Corps?

2. The author mentions that when he met Rabalais, he wore what in his pocket?

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

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

5. 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?

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