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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry Shreve changes the Mississippi River by introducing what?
(a) Gambling along the river.
(b) Vegetation native to Mexico.
(c) Mississippi steamboat.
(d) New fish breeds.

2. What is commonly fished from the bayou regions around the Atchafalaya?
(a) Salmon.
(b) Crawfish.
(c) Trout.
(d) Lobster.

3. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers distributes Atchafalaya river water to swamps, bayous, towns, and cities in:
(a) Neighboring Mississippi.
(b) Houston, Texas.
(c) Shreveport, Louisiana.
(d) French Acadia.

4. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers develops a plan to do what?
(a) Develop communities along the Mississippi River.
(b) Protect the fish population of the Atchfalaya River.
(c) Control natural shifts of the Mississippi River.
(d) Build twenty large dams on the Atchafalaya River.

5. Who is Raphael G. Kazmann?
(a) Developer of electromagnetic therapy.
(b) Author of Modern Hydrology.
(c) Developer of tripod pilings.
(d) Author of Modern Thermodynamics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Kent, a small towboat used by the U.S. Army Corps, put into service?

2. What is a weir?

3. What does Major General Thomas Sands do each year on the Mississippi in late summer or early fall?

4. From the time that the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, what word does the author associate with the river and the region?

5. When floodwaters cover twenty-six thousand square miles in 1927, how is New Orleans saved?

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