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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. For the most part, residents of Heimaey are what during the 1973 eruptions?
(a) Calm.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Panicked.

2. The author retells the time when Raphael G. Kazmann walks out onto the five hundred and sixty-six foot structure over the Old River but leaves quickly because:
(a) A freak tidal wave is coming towards the structure.
(b) The two-hundred thousand ton structure is vibrating.
(c) A hurricane is headed his way.
(d) An intense lightning storm develops over the area.

3. In the mountains of Southern California, brush fires ignite by:
(a) Accident, arson, or lightning.
(b) Arson or high temperatures.
(c) Accident or spontaneous combustion.
(d) Spontaneous combustion.

4. Over a number of centuries, how does the Mississippi River form the state of Louisiana?
(a) By overflowing river banks.
(b) By cutting deep, rocky canyons into the land.
(c) By creating all of the state's boundaries.
(d) By irrigating carefully cultivated fields.

5. To cool the lava flows of 1973, what does Valdimar Jonsson suggest?
(a) Stacking ice blocks along the lava's path.
(b) Redirecting the flow towards an iceberg.
(c) Using ice and snow.
(d) Using ten times more water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say happens in the area of the Atchafalaya River in the spring of 1973?

2. The Civil Defense Council in the Reykjavik National Emergency Center is established in 1962 as what?

3. Valdimar Jonsson is a professor of what?

4. How do the returning residents benefit from the cooled but still hot lava rocks on Vestmannaeyjar?

5. What does "City Flow" do in Heimaey?

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