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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Norris F. Rabalais was born and raised in what Louisiana parish?
(a) Evangeline.
(b) Avoyelles.
(c) Concordia.
(d) West Feliciana.

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

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

4. Congress mandates that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey the Mississippi and tributaries in order to assure and improve what?
(a) Aquatic recreation.
(b) Farmland irrigation.
(c) Inland navigation.
(d) Water rights.

5. By 1812, the east bank of the Mississippi River is levied up to which city?
(a) Shreveport.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Baton Rouge.
(d) Lake Charles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall does the erupting volcano in Heimaey grow to above sea level?

2. For how many years after the Old River Control begins does the operation appear to be successful?

3. The Old River Control began its operations in what year?

4. What are residents of French Acadia called?

5. Throughout the book, a predominant theme is that the following gets in the way of man's plans:

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