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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. When the author visits Vestmannaeyjar, what does he notice?
(a) No polar bears are left.
(b) Steam still rises from the ground.
(c) Most residents have moved out.
(d) Few survived the flu epidemic.

2. From St. Louis down to the Atchafalaya, General Sands takes note of what?
(a) Storms.
(b) Number of private boats.
(c) Complaints.
(d) Number of bird colonies.

3. What does James B. Eads invent to explore the Mississippi River?
(a) Submarine.
(b) Glass-bottom boat.
(c) Underwater camera.
(d) Water telescope.

4. During high spring waters, what danger forms unseen beneath turbulent waters at the outflow to the Atchafalaya?
(a) Treacherous new rip currents.
(b) An enormous hole larger and deeper than a football stadium.
(c) The partial collapse of one of the pylons.
(d) A crack in a gate of the control structure.

5. In 1928, Congress enacts the Flood Control Act to start what?
(a) Old and New Rivers Effort.
(b) Rivers, Tributaries, and Levees Effort.
(c) Mississippi River and Tributaries Project.
(d) Atchafalaya River and Levees Project.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asserts that due to floods in the region, Louisiana loses how much land each year?

2. To cool the lava flows of 1973, what does Valdimar Jonsson suggest?

3. The oldest parts of Iceland are how old?

4. Sympathetically, who does McPhee blame for destructive actions against the natural order of the environment?

5. McPhee acknowledges that Pasadena Glen in the mountains of Southern California is a tranquil place providing an escape from city life, but he points out the danger of:

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