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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. The author asserts that due to floods in the region, Louisiana loses how much land each year?
(a) Fifty square miles.
(b) A thousand square miles.
(c) Three acres.
(d) Seven hundred acres.

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

3. After describing debris basins, the author flashes back to the Genofile family. What do rescuers believe when they arrive at the family's house after the debris flow?
(a) Nobody survived.
(b) The area is too unstable to attempt a rescue.
(c) The family escaped somehow.
(d) The house had been empty for a while.

4. While aboard the Mississippi on his annual trip, General Sands tries to:
(a) Capture poachers.
(b) Settle differences.
(c) Generate new contracts.
(d) Fine environmentalists.

5. What do work crews call the two-million ton floating mountain that breaks off during the 1973 eruptions?
(a) Dettifoss the Mountain.
(b) Flakkarinn the Wanderer.
(c) Surtsey the Fiery.
(d) Haukadalur the Ominous.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the San Gabriel Mountains above the debris basins, what is the purpose of concrete structures built in canyons?

2. 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:

3. What is Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson's idea to stop the flow of lava?

4. Even though Los Angeles gets less rainfall than other major cities do, the rain it does get can fall:

5. In Heimaey, who is Sveinn Eiriksson?

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