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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In the early days of New Orleans, residents build their homes on what?
(a) Metal bridges.
(b) Sand piles.
(c) Concrete risers.
(d) Natural levees.

5. When the author recalls his first time in the Atchafalaya swamps with Charles Fryling in 1980, what does he fondly remember?
(a) Floating among trees under silently flying birds.
(b) Seeing lightning bugs for the first time.
(c) His first encounter with a baby alligator.
(d) The water rushing through locks and gates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Initially, Rabalais is hired as a construction inspector to watch for what at the navigation lock?

2. The Old River Control began its operations in what year?

3. In the mid-1800s, the United States Congress passes a Swamp and Overflow Land Act to:

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

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

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