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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From the time that the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, what word does the author associate with the river and the region?
(a) Control.
(b) Collision.
(c) Cooperation.
(d) Confusion.

2. The author states that how much of New Orleans lies fifteen feet below sea level?
(a) One quarter.
(b) All of it.
(c) Ten percent.
(d) Half.

3. What nickname do the residents of Heimaey give to Sveinn Eiriksson?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Powell.
(c) Patton.
(d) Grant.

4. Why do residents of Heimaey hose down oncoming lava?
(a) Create a chilled wall of lava to stop the flow.
(b) It was attempted there before successfully.
(c) Because of local superstitions.
(d) Act of desperation in fear of the oncoming lava.

5. The writing on Dugie's belt buckle reads:
(a) To help control the Mississippi.
(b) To conquer nature and advance humanity.
(c) To serve nature and protect man.
(d) To tame the wild Atchafalaya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a weir?

2. What does the 1927 flood in Louisiana teach officials about levees?

3. Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson is a native of which country?

4. How are residents and livestock evacuated from Heimaey during the 1973 eruptions?

5. The oldest parts of Iceland are how old?

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