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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a weir?
(a) Small tugboat.
(b) Small dam.
(c) Large gate.
(d) Large lock.

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

3. What does the 1927 flood in Louisiana teach officials about levees?
(a) They work beautifully.
(b) They make the flooding problem worse.
(c) More need to be constructed faster.
(d) They need to be built taller.

4. This book is a:
(a) Traditional science textbook.
(b) Historical nonfiction novel.
(c) Traditional history textbook.
(d) Science fiction novel.

5. A navigation lock on the bank of the Mississippi River lowers ships down to where?
(a) Red River.
(b) Atlantic Ocean.
(c) Gulf of Mexico.
(d) Atchafalaya River.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the early days of New Orleans, residents build their homes on what?

3. Every thousand years or so, the Mississippi River goes through a major shift that leaves behind what?

4. A towboat is designed to:

5. 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?

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