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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) A thousand square miles.
(b) Seven hundred acres.
(c) Fifty square miles.
(d) Three acres.

2. Even though Hawaii's Hilo is often threatened by lava flows, Hilo has thus far been protected because:
(a) A tall mountain stands between Hilo and the lava.
(b) Of man-made barriers.
(c) A freshwater stream slows the lava flow.
(d) Flows stop within a dozen to one mile of the port.

3. In the San Dimas Experimental Forest, Wade Wells is a:
(a) Forest ranger.
(b) Hydrologist.
(c) Concrete expert.
(d) Quality control engineer.

4. What is the purpose of the debris basins that line the San Gabriel Mountains?
(a) To prevent snow avalanches.
(b) To prevent landslides.
(c) To protect expensive homes below.
(d) To store water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author mentions that when he met Rabalais, he wore what in his pocket?

2. How far apart are the San Gabriel Mountain debris basins from each other?

3. The author notes that some Los Angeles County residents consider debris basins to be what?

4. One of Miner Harkness' jobs is to rescue:

5. How many bowl-shaped excavations line the San Gabriel Mountains to catch debris falling from the mountains?

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