View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author mentions that when he met Rabalais, he wore what in his pocket?
(a) Silver pocket watch.
(b) Gold pocket watch.
(c) Red bandana.
(d) Checkered bandana.

3. The Civil Defense Council in the Reykjavik National Emergency Center is established in 1962 as what?
(a) Volcano eruption monitoring station.
(b) Storm-monitoring communication headquarters.
(c) Natural disaster preparedness center.
(d) Command-post bomb shelter.

4. Initially, Rabalais is hired as a construction inspector to watch for what at the navigation lock?
(a) Escaping water.
(b) Oversized ships.
(c) Trapped seals.
(d) Illegal drug shipments.

5. During high spring waters, what danger forms unseen beneath turbulent waters at the outflow to the Atchafalaya?
(a) Treacherous new rip currents.
(b) An enormous hole larger and deeper than a football stadium.
(c) A crack in a gate of the control structure.
(d) The partial collapse of one of the pylons.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Sveinn Eiriksson is a man of:

4. What do work crews call the two-million ton floating mountain that breaks off during the 1973 eruptions?

5. Throughout the book, a predominant theme is that the following gets in the way of man's plans:

(see the answer key)

This section contains 288 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample