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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During the fifty years between New Orleans' floods of 1735 and 1785, what does the author say brings a false sense of security against flooding?
(a) Drought conditions.
(b) Prosperous economic boom.
(c) Concrete seawalls.
(d) Extended, raised levees.

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

4. In the spring of 1973, what does the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers do to try to alleviate the tremendous force of water against the control structure?
(a) Open up all eleven gates.
(b) Dig a ditch to re-route the water.
(c) Dam up water north of the structure.
(d) Purposely flood the entire region.

5. Henry Shreve changes the Mississippi River by introducing what?
(a) New fish breeds.
(b) Gambling along the river.
(c) Vegetation native to Mexico.
(d) Mississippi steamboat.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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:

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

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

4. Why do residents of Heimaey hose down oncoming lava?

5. In a conversation between General Sands and Oliver Houck on a floating conference boat, what does the General remind Houck regarding the vital role of the U.S. Army Corps?

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