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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reykjavik is the capital city of what nation?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Poland.
(d) Denmark.

2. When does the author visit Vestmannaeyjar?
(a) Fifteen years after the eruption.
(b) During the eruption.
(c) Fifteen years after the collapse of the ice shelf.
(d) When the ice shelf collapses.

3. In 1973, the eruptions in Heimaey begin on January 23 and continue vigorously before diminishing in strength through when?
(a) February 5th.
(b) March 1st.
(c) January 30th.
(d) February 25th.

4. With "City Flow" moving towards them in Heimaey, what do pumping crews do?
(a) Send an emergency request for more crews and equipment.
(b) Dismantle and move equipment to save it.
(c) Abandon efforts and run away.
(d) Board a ship and leave.

5. How do the returning residents benefit from the cooled but still hot lava rocks on Vestmannaeyjar?
(a) The rocks are used for heating purposes.
(b) Heat from the rocks promotes growth of beneficial bacteria.
(c) The heat provides protection against invaders.
(d) Lava rocks are used to create healing hot springs.

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

7. How tall does the erupting volcano in Heimaey grow to above sea level?
(a) Seven hundred feet.
(b) One thousand two hundred feet.
(c) One hundred feet.
(d) Three thousand feet.

8. How much water is pumped onto a lava field directly in the path of the moving mountain headed towards Heimaey's town and harbor?
(a) Thirty trillion gallons.
(b) Thirty million gallons.
(c) Three thousand gallons.
(d) Three hundred thousand gallons.

9. Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson decides to try to stop the chunk of mountain moving towards Heimaey's town and harbor by:
(a) Blowing up the mountain with a thousand sticks of dynamite.
(b) Pumping seawater directly onto the mountain.
(c) Ordering a plane to drop a bomb on the mountain.
(d) Blocking the mountain with a natural barrier of cooled lava.

10. Sveinn Eiriksson is a man of:
(a) Ill repute.
(b) Poor judgment.
(c) Action.
(d) Few words.

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

12. Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson is a native of which country?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Finland.
(d) Iceland.

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

14. How long does the the Mauna Loa eruption of 1984 last?
(a) Three months.
(b) Thirty-three weeks.
(c) Thirty-three days.
(d) Three weeks.

15. Officials propose to protect Hilo, Hawaii's second-largest city and port, against lava flows through what?
(a) Relocation.
(b) Careful monitoring.
(c) Barriers.
(d) Plexiglass shields.

Short Answer Questions

1. Heimaey is considered to be an important what?

2. In "Cooling the Lava," when the author redirects his conversation to Hawaii he talks about the The Hawaiian Research Association which formed in:

3. Sigurdur Jonsson is an Iceland resident who works on what?

4. What happens when the north side of the volcanic mountain in Vestmannaeyjar breaks loose?

5. During the 1973 volcanic eruptions, many farmers and fishermen leave Heimaey:

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