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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) A freak tidal wave is coming towards the structure.
(b) The two-hundred thousand ton structure is vibrating.
(c) A hurricane is headed his way.
(d) An intense lightning storm develops over the area.

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

4. Over a number of centuries, how does the Mississippi River form the state of Louisiana?
(a) By overflowing river banks.
(b) By creating all of the state's boundaries.
(c) By cutting deep, rocky canyons into the land.
(d) By irrigating carefully cultivated fields.

5. What does the U.S. Army Air Corps do to an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935?
(a) Floods it with water.
(b) Attaches vibration sensors.
(c) Fills it with boulders.
(d) Bombs it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are residents of French Acadia called?

2. Vestmannaeyjar holds how much of Iceland's total population?

3. What nickname do the residents of Heimaey give to Sveinn Eiriksson?

4. What is Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson's idea to stop the flow of lava?

5. When the author recalls his first time in the Atchafalaya swamps with Charles Fryling in 1980, what does he fondly remember?

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