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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 author asserts that due to floods in the region, Louisiana loses how much land each year?
(a) Seven hundred acres.
(b) Three acres.
(c) Fifty square miles.
(d) A thousand square miles.

2. Results of the U.S. Army Air Corps' actions on an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935 cannot be confirmed because:
(a) The volcano stops erupting.
(b) The Corps' loses funding.
(c) Workers can't get close enough.
(d) The sensors melt.

3. What happens when the north side of the volcanic mountain in Vestmannaeyjar breaks loose?
(a) It melts into the lava flow.
(b) It moves towards the town and harbor.
(c) It falls into the ocean depths.
(d) It crushes most of the town's homes.

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

5. What are residents of French Acadia called?
(a) Cajuns.
(b) Mississipiuns.
(c) Francadians.
(d) Arcadians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over a number of centuries, how does the Mississippi River form the state of Louisiana?

2. Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson is a native of which country?

3. How does Sigurdur Steinthorsson monitor volcanic gases during the 1973 eruption?

4. When does hot lava stop glowing red?

5. How tall does the erupting volcano in Heimaey grow to above sea level?

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