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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. In the early 1800s, private plantation owners in Louisiana levee riverbanks to:
(a) Irrigate their land.
(b) Protect their land.
(c) Store river water.
(d) Combine river water.

2. Heimaey is considered to be an important what?
(a) Polar bear sanctuary.
(b) Lumber producer.
(c) Fishing center.
(d) Cultural hub.

3. The author states that how much of New Orleans lies fifteen feet below sea level?
(a) One quarter.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) Half.
(d) All of it.

4. How much money does the Genofile family receive from the county in damages for an improperly designed and maintained basin above their house?
(a) Over three hundred thousand dollars.
(b) Over eight hundred thousand dollars.
(c) Fifty thousand dollars.
(d) Twelve thousand dollars.

5. In describing Los Angeles, McPhee states that the city sits where:
(a) An enormous inland sea used to exist.
(b) The rich and famous strut down boulevards.
(c) Two tectonic plates grind against each other.
(d) Forest fires rage on a monthly basis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of the debris basins that line the San Gabriel Mountains?

3. The first debris basin in Southern California starts out as what?

4. What does Major General Thomas Sands do each year on the Mississippi in late summer or early fall?

5. When the author visits Vestmannaeyjar, what does he notice?

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