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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Throughout the book, a predominant theme is that the following gets in the way of man's plans:
(a) Nature.
(b) Environmental Protection Agency.
(c) Machinery.
(d) The economy.

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

3. When was the Kent, a small towboat used by the U.S. Army Corps, put into service?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1973.

4. In a conversation between General Sands and Oliver Houck on a floating conference boat, what does the General remind Houck regarding the vital role of the U.S. Army Corps?
(a) The Corps keeps the region safe against criminals.
(b) This is the only organization that has ever succeeded in maintaining order in New Orleans.
(c) The Corps is keeping his neighborhood safe from nine feet of water.
(d) No other organization has authority to control Louisiana's rivers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Over a number of centuries, how does the Mississippi River form the state of Louisiana?

3. What is the author's role in this book?

4. By 1812, the east bank of the Mississippi River is levied up to which city?

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

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