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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of the Old River Control Project, LeRoy Dugas, also known as Dugie, is what initially?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Supportive.
(c) Critical.
(d) Furious.

3. What does James B. Eads invent to explore the Mississippi River?
(a) Water telescope.
(b) Underwater camera.
(c) Glass-bottom boat.
(d) Submarine.

4. What is Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson's vocation?
(a) Environmentalist.
(b) Biologist.
(c) Chemist.
(d) Physicist.

5. When workers in Vestmannaeyjar hose down lava, why do they keep moving?
(a) Because the lava flow keeps shifting.
(b) To stay warm in the cold climate.
(c) To cool down other parts of the flow.
(d) To keep their boots from burning up.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After work crews deal with the moving mountain on Iceland's erupting island, what challenge do they face?

3. What does the 1927 flood in Louisiana teach officials about levees?

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

5. How much water is pumped onto a lava field directly in the path of the moving mountain headed towards Heimaey's town and harbor?

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