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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Heimaey is considered to be an important what?
(a) Fishing center.
(b) Polar bear sanctuary.
(c) Lumber producer.
(d) Cultural hub.

2. In the 1800s, swamps in Louisiana are drained and used as what?
(a) Farmland.
(b) Storage pits.
(c) Hideouts.
(d) Military camps.

3. Reykjavik is the capital city of what nation?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Greenland.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Poland.

4. After the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, Old Cajun bayou life is:
(a) Enriched.
(b) Lost.
(c) Diminished.
(d) Renewed.

5. Rabalais says he remembers being taught in high school that one day, these would be built:
(a) Structures to control water flows.
(b) Ships to travel faster along rivers.
(c) Lighter and sturdier barges.
(d) Skyscrapers along the river banks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ultimately happens to the moving piece of mountain on Vestmannaeyjar?

2. What gives Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson the idea to cool the oncoming flow of lava?

3. This book is a:

4. What does the U.S. Army Air Corps do to an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935?

5. With "City Flow" moving towards them in Heimaey, what do pumping crews do?

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