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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry Shreve changes the Mississippi River by introducing what?
(a) Mississippi steamboat.
(b) Gambling along the river.
(c) New fish breeds.
(d) Vegetation native to Mexico.

2. What is the author's role in this book?
(a) Influential politician.
(b) Investigative reporter.
(c) Passive observer.
(d) Trained scientist.

3. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers develops a plan to do what?
(a) Build twenty large dams on the Atchafalaya River.
(b) Control natural shifts of the Mississippi River.
(c) Protect the fish population of the Atchfalaya River.
(d) Develop communities along the Mississippi River.

4. Every thousand years or so, the Mississippi River goes through a major shift that leaves behind what?
(a) Dry mudflats.
(b) Bayous and natural levees.
(c) Stranded bird colonies.
(d) Large, deep saltwater lakes.

5. Heimaey is about the same size as:
(a) Washington, D.C. east of the Washington Monument.
(b) Seattle west of the Space Needle.
(c) San Francisco north of Chinatown.
(d) Manhattan south of the Empire State Building.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do residents of Heimaey hose down oncoming lava?

2. When the author walks the streets of Iceland's Heimaey years after the 1973 eruption, what does he see?

3. The Hawaiian Research Association forms for what purpose?

4. In the 1800s, why do levee districts and boards form in Louisiana?

5. Both Iceland and Hawaii are the world's most what?

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