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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 walks the streets of Iceland's Heimaey years after the 1973 eruption, what does he see?
(a) Several new neighborhoods built atop cooled lava flows.
(b) A completely deserted ghost town.
(c) A town twice as large as before the eruption.
(d) Vacant houses that have never been repaired.

2. On January 23, 1973, the five thousand residents of Heimaey, the only populated island of Vestmannaeyjar, are threatened by what?
(a) Cracking ice shelf.
(b) War.
(c) Flu epidemic.
(d) Lava.

3. The U.S. Army Air Corps' actions on an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935 result in what?
(a) Temporary halt of lava flows.
(b) Cooled lava.
(c) Better seismic readings.
(d) Debris buildup and redirected lava flows.

4. In Heimaey, who is Sveinn Eiriksson?
(a) Volcano expert.
(b) Reporter.
(c) Physician.
(d) Fire chief.

5. What is a weir?
(a) Small dam.
(b) Small tugboat.
(c) Large gate.
(d) Large lock.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the 1800s, swamps in Louisiana are drained and used as what?

3. What does "City Flow" do in Heimaey?

4. In "Cooling the Lava," when the author redirects his conversation to Hawaii he talks about the The Hawaiian Research Association which formed in:

5. For the most part, residents of Heimaey are what during the 1973 eruptions?

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