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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. 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) The area is too unstable to attempt a rescue.
(b) Nobody survived.
(c) The family escaped somehow.
(d) The house had been empty for a while.

2. Even though Los Angeles gets less rainfall than other major cities do, the rain it does get can fall:
(a) With much greater force.
(b) Mixed with baseball-sized hail.
(c) At a rate of twelve inches an hour.
(d) In a matter of days.

3. This book is a:
(a) Traditional science textbook.
(b) Traditional history textbook.
(c) Historical nonfiction novel.
(d) Science fiction novel.

4. What are residents of French Acadia called?
(a) Francadians.
(b) Arcadians.
(c) Mississipiuns.
(d) Cajuns.

5. Over two centuries of recorded history, Mauna Loa erupts how often on average?
(a) Three times a year.
(b) Twice a year.
(c) Every three and a half years.
(d) Every twelve years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the 1927 flood in Louisiana teach officials about levees?

2. Results of the U.S. Army Air Corps' actions on an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935 cannot be confirmed because:

3. Debris basins in Los Angeles County provide geologists with the opportunity to measure and determine what?

4. During the debris flow, what lands on the roof of the Genofile family's home?

5. Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson is a native of which country?

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