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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, Old Cajun bayou life is:
(a) Lost.
(b) Diminished.
(c) Enriched.
(d) Renewed.

3. What is the author's role in this book?
(a) Influential politician.
(b) Investigative reporter.
(c) Trained scientist.
(d) Passive observer.

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

5. The writing on Dugie's belt buckle reads:
(a) To help control the Mississippi.
(b) To serve nature and protect man.
(c) To tame the wild Atchafalaya.
(d) To conquer nature and advance humanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sympathetically, who does McPhee blame for destructive actions against the natural order of the environment?

2. What does James B. Eads invent to explore the Mississippi River?

3. What is a weir?

4. The author asserts that due to floods in the region, Louisiana loses how much land each year?

5. Henry Shreve changes the Mississippi River by introducing what?

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