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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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) The Corps' loses funding.
(d) Workers can't get close enough.

3. What river does the author mention that connects the Atchafalaya and the Mississippi to form an H?
(a) Red River.
(b) New River.
(c) Black River.
(d) Old River.

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

5. A towboat is designed to:
(a) Pull barges.
(b) Push large cargo ships.
(c) Push barges.
(d) Pull large cargo ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reykjavik is the capital city of what nation?

2. How does Sigurdur Steinthorsson monitor volcanic gases during the 1973 eruption?

3. During the 1973 volcanic eruptions, many farmers and fishermen leave Heimaey:

4. What does Major General Thomas Sands do each year on the Mississippi in late summer or early fall?

5. The author states that how much of New Orleans lies fifteen feet below sea level?

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