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

2. When Magnus Magnusson takes the author to visit an old monument in Iceland, what do they do?
(a) Read its inscription and view the landscape.
(b) Carve a new inscription on the monument.
(c) Say a prayer for those who died in the eruption.
(d) Leave a wreathe and sing a battle song.

3. Valdimar Jonsson is a professor of what?
(a) Thermal fluids.
(b) Mob mentality.
(c) Icelandic folklore.
(d) Volcanic eruptions.

4. When the author visits Vestmannaeyjar, what does he notice?
(a) Steam still rises from the ground.
(b) Most residents have moved out.
(c) Few survived the flu epidemic.
(d) No polar bears are left.

5. With "City Flow" moving towards them in Heimaey, what do pumping crews do?
(a) Dismantle and move equipment to save it.
(b) Abandon efforts and run away.
(c) Send an emergency request for more crews and equipment.
(d) Board a ship and leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. The livelihood of approximately how many people is affected by the Old River Control?

2. In "Cooling the Lava," when the author redirects his conversation to Hawaii he talks about the The Hawaiian Research Association which formed in:

3. Henry Shreve changes the Mississippi River by introducing what?

4. The writing on Dugie's belt buckle reads:

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

(see the answer key)

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