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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On General Sand's floating conference boat, Oliver Houck is the only board member who is active in what?
(a) Cancelling the Old River project.
(b) Taking the census.
(c) Local political life.
(d) Environmental movement.

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

3. During high spring waters, what danger forms unseen beneath turbulent waters at the outflow to the Atchafalaya?
(a) A crack in a gate of the control structure.
(b) Treacherous new rip currents.
(c) The partial collapse of one of the pylons.
(d) An enormous hole larger and deeper than a football stadium.

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

5. In the 1800s, why do levee districts and boards form in Louisiana?
(a) To establish water claims.
(b) To spread levee costs.
(c) To control water levels.
(d) For diplomatic reasons.

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. What is a weir?

4. From St. Louis down to the Atchafalaya, General Sands takes note of what?

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

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