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

2. Results of the U.S. Army Air Corps' actions on an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935 cannot be confirmed because:
(a) The volcano stops erupting.
(b) The sensors melt.
(c) Workers can't get close enough.
(d) The Corps' loses funding.

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

4. What does Major General Thomas Sands do each year on the Mississippi in late summer or early fall?
(a) Conducts Homeland Security military exercises.
(b) Takes a Low Water Inspection Trip.
(c) Hosts the Water Recreation Festival.
(d) Trains new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recruits.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author observe about historical attempts to control lava?

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

3. When workers in Vestmannaeyjar hose down lava, why do they keep moving?

4. What position does Magnus Magnusson hold in 1973?

5. Over two centuries of recorded history, Mauna Loa erupts how often on average?

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