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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cooling the Lava.

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) Machinery.
(c) The economy.
(d) Environmental Protection Agency.

2. In the 1800s, swamps in Louisiana are drained and used as what?
(a) Military camps.
(b) Farmland.
(c) Storage pits.
(d) Hideouts.

3. Of the Old River Control Project, LeRoy Dugas, also known as Dugie, is what initially?
(a) Critical.
(b) Furious.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Supportive.

4. In the spring of 1973, what does the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers do to try to alleviate the tremendous force of water against the control structure?
(a) Open up all eleven gates.
(b) Purposely flood the entire region.
(c) Dam up water north of the structure.
(d) Dig a ditch to re-route the water.

5. A snagboat is a river boat that does what?
(a) Carries large logs to sawmills.
(b) Pulls barges through turbulent water.
(c) Transports workers from one town to another.
(d) Removes obstructions from rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Results of the U.S. Army Air Corps' actions on an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935 cannot be confirmed because:

2. What is Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson's vocation?

3. The author notes that many regard the Old River Project as what?

4. After work crews deal with the moving mountain on Iceland's erupting island, what challenge do they face?

5. In 1973, the eruptions in Heimaey begin on January 23 and continue vigorously before diminishing in strength through when?

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