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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. When does hot lava stop glowing red?
(a) Below fifteen hundred degrees.
(b) When it hits an iceberg.
(c) Below thirty-five hundred degrees.
(d) When the air temperature is minus twenty.

2. The Old River Control began its operations in what year?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1931.

3. How much money does the Genofile family receive from the county in damages for an improperly designed and maintained basin above their house?
(a) Over eight hundred thousand dollars.
(b) Fifty thousand dollars.
(c) Over three hundred thousand dollars.
(d) Twelve thousand dollars.

4. In a conversation between General Sands and Oliver Houck on a floating conference boat, what does the General remind Houck regarding the vital role of the U.S. Army Corps?
(a) The Corps is keeping his neighborhood safe from nine feet of water.
(b) No other organization has authority to control Louisiana's rivers.
(c) The Corps keeps the region safe against criminals.
(d) This is the only organization that has ever succeeded in maintaining order in New Orleans.

5. A common trait of chaparral is that it:
(a) Bursts easily into flames.
(b) Has characteristic strong winds.
(c) Incorporates minimalist architecture.
(d) Grows tall and thin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Heimaey, who is Sveinn Eiriksson?

2. Rabalais says he remembers being taught in high school that one day, these would be built:

3. Debris flows occur at different places and different times, happening infrequently enough that:

4. The author notes that many regard the Old River Project as what?

5. Norris F. Rabalais was born and raised in what Louisiana parish?

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