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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1928, Congress enacts the Flood Control Act to start what?
(a) Mississippi River and Tributaries Project.
(b) Old and New Rivers Effort.
(c) Atchafalaya River and Levees Project.
(d) Rivers, Tributaries, and Levees Effort.

2. On General Sand's floating conference boat, Oliver Houck is the only board member who is active in what?
(a) Environmental movement.
(b) Cancelling the Old River project.
(c) Local political life.
(d) Taking the census.

3. In a conversation between General Sands and Oliver Houck on a floating conference boat, what does the General remind Houck regarding the vital role of the U.S. Army Corps?
(a) This is the only organization that has ever succeeded in maintaining order in New Orleans.
(b) No other organization has authority to control Louisiana's rivers.
(c) The Corps keeps the region safe against criminals.
(d) The Corps is keeping his neighborhood safe from nine feet of water.

4. After the eruptions of 1973 end, how many of Heimaey's evacuees return?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) All of them.
(c) Half.
(d) Only a handful.

5. What does "City Flow" do in Heimaey?
(a) Moves lava streams away from the town.
(b) Crushes houses in its path.
(c) Kills twenty-nine workers.
(d) Melts the moving mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the author visit Vestmannaeyjar?

2. In the early 1800s, private plantation owners in Louisiana levee riverbanks to:

3. Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson decides to try to stop the chunk of mountain moving towards Heimaey's town and harbor by:

4. Over a number of centuries, how does the Mississippi River form the state of Louisiana?

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

(see the answer key)

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