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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 is the author's role in this book?
(a) Investigative reporter.
(b) Passive observer.
(c) Influential politician.
(d) Trained scientist.

2. Heimaey is about the same size as:
(a) Washington, D.C. east of the Washington Monument.
(b) San Francisco north of Chinatown.
(c) Manhattan south of the Empire State Building.
(d) Seattle west of the Space Needle.

3. On General Sand's floating conference boat, Oliver Houck is the only board member who is active in what?
(a) Local political life.
(b) Environmental movement.
(c) Taking the census.
(d) Cancelling the Old River project.

4. In 1973, what happens to the Old River Control structure despite engineers drilling it and filling it with cement?
(a) Funding to strengthen the structure is cut.
(b) The entire project is cancelled.
(c) The structure is knocked down and rebuilt.
(d) The foundation is eroded and undermined.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where the Genofile family lives in Southern California, riverbanks and riverbeds are:

2. Throughout the book, a predominant theme is that the following gets in the way of man's plans:

3. What often precedes the heaviest rainfall that can trigger a debris flow down the San Gabriel Mountains?

4. What is commonly fished from the bayou regions around the Atchafalaya?

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

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