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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even though Hawaii's Hilo is often threatened by lava flows, Hilo has thus far been protected because:
(a) Flows stop within a dozen to one mile of the port.
(b) A freshwater stream slows the lava flow.
(c) Of man-made barriers.
(d) A tall mountain stands between Hilo and the lava.

2. A snagboat is a river boat that does what?
(a) Removes obstructions from rivers.
(b) Carries large logs to sawmills.
(c) Transports workers from one town to another.
(d) Pulls barges through turbulent water.

3. Sympathetically, who does McPhee blame for destructive actions against the natural order of the environment?
(a) Foreign policy.
(b) The Executive branch of government.
(c) The United Nations.
(d) Man.

4. Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson decides to try to stop the chunk of mountain moving towards Heimaey's town and harbor by:
(a) Blocking the mountain with a natural barrier of cooled lava.
(b) Ordering a plane to drop a bomb on the mountain.
(c) Blowing up the mountain with a thousand sticks of dynamite.
(d) Pumping seawater directly onto the mountain.

5. After being hosed down, how long does it take for red-hot lava to turn black?
(a) Two and a half weeks.
(b) Hours to days.
(c) A month and a half.
(d) Four weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is commonly fished from the bayou regions around the Atchafalaya?

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

3. The author retells the time when Raphael G. Kazmann walks out onto the five hundred and sixty-six foot structure over the Old River but leaves quickly because:

4. This book is a:

5. What position does Magnus Magnusson hold in 1973?

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