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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. By 1812, the east bank of the Mississippi River is levied up to which city?
(a) Lake Charles.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Shreveport.

4. In 1973, what happens to the Old River Control structure despite engineers drilling it and filling it with cement?
(a) Funding to strengthen the structure is cut.
(b) The structure is knocked down and rebuilt.
(c) The entire project is cancelled.
(d) The foundation is eroded and undermined.

5. What river does the author mention that connects the Atchafalaya and the Mississippi to form an H?
(a) Red River.
(b) Black River.
(c) New River.
(d) Old River.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Raphael G. Kazmann?

3. Atchafalaya is a what?

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

5. While aboard the Mississippi on his annual trip, General Sands tries to:

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