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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 Major General Thomas Sands do each year on the Mississippi in late summer or early fall?
(a) Conducts Homeland Security military exercises.
(b) Hosts the Water Recreation Festival.
(c) Trains new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recruits.
(d) Takes a Low Water Inspection Trip.

2. The author learns that populations increased greatly in Southern California upon the arrival of what?
(a) Railroads.
(b) Cargo ships.
(c) Research facilities.
(d) Missionaries.

3. Henry Shreve changes the Mississippi River by introducing what?
(a) Vegetation native to Mexico.
(b) Gambling along the river.
(c) Mississippi steamboat.
(d) New fish breeds.

4. During Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson's test run to cool lava by the coastline, what happens?
(a) Water evaporates before it can solidify lava.
(b) Lava cools slightly, but it doesn't solidify.
(c) Lava cools completely and stops flowing.
(d) Water solidifies lava, but it doesn't cool completely.

5. In Heimaey, who is Sveinn Eiriksson?
(a) Reporter.
(b) Physician.
(c) Fire chief.
(d) Volcano expert.

Short Answer Questions

1. In feet, how long is the towboat Mississippi?

2. In the San Gabriel Mountains, what is a debris flow?

3. What childhood fear does Magnus Magnusson share with the author?

4. While aboard the Mississippi on his annual trip, General Sands tries to:

5. Who is Raphael G. Kazmann?

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