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

2. When the author recalls his first time in the Atchafalaya swamps with Charles Fryling in 1980, what does he fondly remember?
(a) His first encounter with a baby alligator.
(b) Seeing lightning bugs for the first time.
(c) The water rushing through locks and gates.
(d) Floating among trees under silently flying birds.

3. What does the author say happens in the area of the Atchafalaya River in the spring of 1973?
(a) Three hurricanes devastate the region, leaving millions homeless.
(b) River levels rise and surrounding fields are covered in brown floodwater.
(c) Freak storms from the north bring snow to the region, freezing the rivers solid.
(d) Dry conditions bring the river levels down, grounding countless boats.

4. What are dry winds that cross the Mojave Desert called?
(a) Chaparrales.
(b) Santa Anas.
(c) Chicarrones.
(d) Santo Domingos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Valdimar Jonsson is a professor of what?

2. When floodwaters cover twenty-six thousand square miles in 1927, how is New Orleans saved?

3. On General Sand's floating conference boat, Oliver Houck is the only board member who is active in what?

4. In the San Dimas Experimental Forest, Wade Wells is a:

5. In the spring of 1973, what does the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers do to try to alleviate the tremendous force of water against the control structure?

(see the answer key)

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