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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Los Angeles Against the Mountains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sigurdur Steinthorsson monitor volcanic gases during the 1973 eruption?
(a) Measuring static electricity.
(b) Smoking cigars.
(c) Particle detector.
(d) Infrared glasses.

2. As the Genofile family watches the lightning storm from windows at the back of their home, what do they see?
(a) A family of deer in their backyard.
(b) A towering wall of water headed towards their property.
(c) Robbers leaving their home.
(d) A massive blackness moving down from the mountain.

3. The author tells the story of a gun enthusiast in the San Gabriel Mountains who put tissue as wadding in his muzzleloader and ends up:
(a) Starting a fire that destroys eight thousand homes.
(b) Triggering a deadly landslide.
(c) Burning three thousand acres of mountain terrain.
(d) Starting a brush fire that extends across nine counties.

4. Atchafalaya is a what?
(a) City.
(b) Waterfall.
(c) Mountain.
(d) River.

5. In feet, how long is the towboat Mississippi?
(a) 217.
(b) 42.
(c) 459.
(d) 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the north side of the volcanic mountain in Vestmannaeyjar breaks loose?

2. In the San Dimas Experimental Forest, Wade Wells is a:

3. Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson is a native of which country?

4. When does hot lava stop glowing red?

5. What nickname do the residents of Heimaey give to Sveinn Eiriksson?

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