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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. What does the U.S. Army Air Corps do to an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935?
(a) Floods it with water.
(b) Fills it with boulders.
(c) Bombs it.
(d) Attaches vibration sensors.

2. As the Genofile family seeks refuge in the parents' bedroom when the debris flow hits their home, what happens?
(a) Lightning strikes the family's home.
(b) The house fills with mud, water and rocks within minutes.
(c) The family members are separated from each other.
(d) The flow pushes the family outside through a window.

3. The first debris basin in Southern California starts out as what?
(a) Cattle ranch.
(b) Dry pond.
(c) Working gravel pit.
(d) Gold mine.

4. What does Magnus Magnusson tell Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson to protect first during the eruptions of 1973?
(a) City.
(b) Fisheries.
(c) Harbor.
(d) Canneries.

5. Sveinn Eiriksson is a man of:
(a) Action.
(b) Ill repute.
(c) Poor judgment.
(d) Few words.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reykjavik is the capital city of what nation?

2. How long does the the Mauna Loa eruption of 1984 last?

3. What gives Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson the idea to cool the oncoming flow of lava?

4. From the time that the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, what word does the author associate with the river and the region?

5. The livelihood of approximately how many people is affected by the Old River Control?

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