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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a weir?
(a) Large gate.
(b) Small tugboat.
(c) Large lock.
(d) Small dam.
2. What river does the author mention that connects the Atchafalaya and the Mississippi to form an H?
(a) Red River.
(b) New River.
(c) Black River.
(d) Old River.
3. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers distributes Atchafalaya river water to swamps, bayous, towns, and cities in:
(a) Neighboring Mississippi.
(b) Houston, Texas.
(c) French Acadia.
(d) Shreveport, Louisiana.
4. For how many years after the Old River Control begins does the operation appear to be successful?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.
5. Norris F. Rabalais was born and raised in what Louisiana parish?
(a) West Feliciana.
(b) Avoyelles.
(c) Evangeline.
(d) Concordia.
Short Answer Questions
1. Of the Old River Control Project, LeRoy Dugas, also known as Dugie, is what initially?
2. Initially, Rabalais is hired as a construction inspector to watch for what at the navigation lock?
3. What are residents of French Acadia called?
4. The author mentions that when he met Rabalais, he wore what in his pocket?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the goal of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with regards to the Atchafalya and Mississippi rivers?
2. Describe Major General Thomas Sands' annual Low Water Inspection Trip along the Mississippi River.
3. Describe some of the challenges New Orleans faces because of its geographical location.
4. What is Major General Sands' concluding thoughts regarding the Old River Control Structure?
5. Why does the author state that ever since the Corps took control of the Atchafalaya, the river's name means "collision" to him?
6. In 1927, what happened to the region of the Mississippi River during the great flood?
7. The Old River Control project began operating in 1963. What happens ten years later?
8. What is the Old River Control project developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?
9. Explain what the author says about Old Cajun bayou life in the Atchafalaya region after the Corps took control.
10. Explain how the Mississippi River forms Louisiana over many centuries.
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