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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. What does the author observe about historical attempts to control lava?
(a) Lava is impossible to control.
(b) Most have worked well.
(c) Too many workers perish.
(d) They're usually not successful.

2. What do doctors dispense to workers who are cooling down the lava in Iceland to soothe their hoarse throats?
(a) Icelandic throat lozenges.
(b) Norwegian chest drops.
(c) Finnish cough drops.
(d) Swedish chest lozenges.

3. The author learns that populations increased greatly in Southern California upon the arrival of what?
(a) Railroads.
(b) Cargo ships.
(c) Missionaries.
(d) Research facilities.

4. During the fifty years between New Orleans' floods of 1735 and 1785, what does the author say brings a false sense of security against flooding?
(a) Drought conditions.
(b) Extended, raised levees.
(c) Prosperous economic boom.
(d) Concrete seawalls.

5. Atchafalaya is a what?
(a) Mountain.
(b) River.
(c) Waterfall.
(d) City.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people live on the Los Angeles County coastal plain below the San Gabriel Mountains?

2. As the Genofile family seeks refuge in the parents' bedroom when the debris flow hits their home, what happens?

3. Debris basins in Los Angeles County provide geologists with the opportunity to measure and determine what?

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

5. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers distributes Atchafalaya river water to swamps, bayous, towns, and cities in:

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