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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The author retells the time when Raphael G. Kazmann walks out onto the five hundred and sixty-six foot structure over the Old River but leaves quickly because:
(a) An intense lightning storm develops over the area.
(b) A hurricane is headed his way.
(c) A freak tidal wave is coming towards the structure.
(d) The two-hundred thousand ton structure is vibrating.

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

5. Congress mandates that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey the Mississippi and tributaries in order to assure and improve what?
(a) Aquatic recreation.
(b) Farmland irrigation.
(c) Inland navigation.
(d) Water rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James B. Eads invent to explore the Mississippi River?

2. This book is a:

3. After the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, Old Cajun bayou life is:

4. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers develops a plan to do what?

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

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