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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the most part, residents of Heimaey are what during the 1973 eruptions?
(a) Calm.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Panicked.

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

3. What is a weir?
(a) Large gate.
(b) Large lock.
(c) Small tugboat.
(d) Small dam.

4. When the author recalls his first time in the Atchafalaya swamps with Charles Fryling in 1980, what does he fondly remember?
(a) His first encounter with a baby alligator.
(b) Seeing lightning bugs for the first time.
(c) Floating among trees under silently flying birds.
(d) The water rushing through locks and gates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the spring of 1973, what does the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers do to try to alleviate the tremendous force of water against the control structure?

2. Initially, Rabalais is hired as a construction inspector to watch for what at the navigation lock?

3. What river does the author mention that connects the Atchafalaya and the Mississippi to form an H?

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

5. From St. Louis down to the Atchafalaya, General Sands takes note of what?

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