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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 oldest parts of Iceland are how old?
(a) Twenty-nine million years.
(b) Five millions years.
(c) Fourteen million years.
(d) One and a half million years.

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

3. In the 1800s, why do levee districts and boards form in Louisiana?
(a) For diplomatic reasons.
(b) To control water levels.
(c) To establish water claims.
(d) To spread levee costs.

4. The first debris basin in Southern California successfully protects what village?
(a) Tijuana.
(b) Tijeras.
(c) Tujunga.
(d) Temecula.

5. In the San Dimas Experimental Forest, Wade Wells is a:
(a) Quality control engineer.
(b) Hydrologist.
(c) Forest ranger.
(d) Concrete expert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it that the walls of the Genofile family's house do not crumble when the debris flow hits?

2. Miner Harkness, a native of the mountainous regions of Southern California, feels that flood control engineers have no perspective because they:

3. Vito Vanoni is a civil engineering professor in Southern California who asserts that:

4. Both Iceland and Hawaii are the world's most what?

5. Of the Old River Control Project, LeRoy Dugas, also known as Dugie, is what initially?

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