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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 1800s, why do levee districts and boards form in Louisiana?
(a) To spread levee costs.
(b) To establish water claims.
(c) For diplomatic reasons.
(d) To control water levels.

2. In Los Angeles County, a flood engineer admits that trying to manage what falls down the San Gabriel Mountains is like:
(a) Trying to hold back ocean storm tides.
(b) Playing with shifting sand castles.
(c) Moving gravel from one pile to another.
(d) Trying to predict earthquakes.

3. Who is Leon Silver?
(a) Geologist at Cal-Tech.
(b) Psychologist at Stanford.
(c) Soil specialist at UCLA.
(d) Biochemist at UCSD.

4. After a 6.2 earthquake in 1971, Leon Silver flies over the San Gabriel Mountains and notices what?
(a) Migrations of deer herds.
(b) Unusual weather patterns.
(c) Unstable mountain debris.
(d) Large, deep cracks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do residents of Heimaey hose down oncoming lava?

2. During the debris flow, what lands on the roof of the Genofile family's home?

3. Every thousand years or so, the Mississippi River goes through a major shift that leaves behind what?

4. When does the author visit Vestmannaeyjar?

5. In the mountain neighborhood called Pasadena Glen in Southern California, what is built above the highest home to protect the neighborhood?

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