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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two drainage basins were linked with the reversal of the Chicago River and the creation of the Sanitary and Ship Canal?
(a) The Great Plains and the Great Lakes.
(b) The Chicago River and Great Lakes.
(c) The Mississippi River and Great Lakes.
(d) The Mississippi River and Chicago River.

2. Each day at the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure, the gates are raised or lowered, depending on what?
(a) The water level and activity on that particular day.
(b) The amount of rain the region as received.
(c) The direction of the wind on any particular day.
(d) The weather report.

3. Why was the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure created?
(a) To redirect the flow of the Atchafalaya.
(b) To attempt to control a tributary of the Mississippi River called the Atchafalaya.
(c) To dam up the water coming from the Mississippi River.
(d) To attempt to control the Old River.

4. When Kolbert visits the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ location in Chicago soon after her cruise down the sewage canal, she meets with whom?
(a) The engineer in charge of cleaning the sewage canal.
(b) The engineer in charge of the levees.
(c) The engineer in charge or rerouting the river.
(d) The engineer in charge of the electric fish barriers.

5. Why was electric shock chosen to deter the fish?
(a) It was the least expensive and seemed the most ethical.
(b) It was the only suggestion given for keeping the fish out.
(c) It was the fastest way to lower the number of fish.
(d) It was the most environmentally-friendly option.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kolbert moves onto a visit to the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure located how many miles upriver of Baton Rouge?

2. What problem does Joe Harvey mention to Kolbert?

3. What is wrong with the Wood Screw Pumps in the twenty-four pumping stations that pump water out of the city?

4. What does Kolbert find at LSU’s Center for River Studies?

5. To what is the land in the southern region of Louisiana compared?

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