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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Major General Thomas Sands do each year on the Mississippi in late summer or early fall?
(a) Hosts the Water Recreation Festival.
(b) Conducts Homeland Security military exercises.
(c) Trains new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recruits.
(d) Takes a Low Water Inspection Trip.

2. The author tells stories of the following people in conflict with forces of nature:
(a) Government officials.
(b) All of the them.
(c) Residents.
(d) Engineers.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Congress mandates that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey the Mississippi and tributaries in order to assure and improve what?

2. What does the author say happens in the area of the Atchafalaya River in the spring of 1973?

3. What are residents of French Acadia called?

4. A towboat is designed to:

5. In the 1800s, swamps in Louisiana are drained and used as what?

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