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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To cool the lava flows of 1973, what does Valdimar Jonsson suggest?
(a) Using ice and snow.
(b) Stacking ice blocks along the lava's path.
(c) Using ten times more water.
(d) Redirecting the flow towards an iceberg.

2. 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.

3. What is Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson's idea to stop the flow of lava?
(a) Cooling it.
(b) Building a metal wall.
(c) Redirecting it.
(d) Digging channels and ditches.

4. The author asserts that due to floods in the region, Louisiana loses how much land each year?
(a) Three acres.
(b) A thousand square miles.
(c) Seven hundred acres.
(d) Fifty square miles.

5. In "Cooling the Lava," when the author redirects his conversation to Hawaii he talks about the The Hawaiian Research Association which formed in:
(a) 1911.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1932.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author visits Vestmannaeyjar, what does he notice?

2. Who is Raphael G. Kazmann?

3. The oldest parts of Iceland are how old?

4. What gives Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson the idea to cool the oncoming flow of lava?

5. After the eruptions of 1973 end, how many of Heimaey's evacuees return?

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