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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did waves effect the levees?
(a) Their force broke them.
(b) They eroded it.
(c) The waves made the levee stronger.
(d) The waves didn't effect it at all.

2. Why were veterans enlisted during the time the levees were being fixed?
(a) To protect the area from the Native Americans.
(b) To train them for another tour of war.
(c) To prevent sabotage.
(d) To boost the economy.

3. What did the high river levels threaten in 1912?
(a) To top the levee before the sandbags come.
(b) To break the dam.
(c) To bring sewage into Mississippi.
(d) To wash away all the crops.

4. During the 1900 a new demand surged in throughout the United States. What was that demand?
(a) Spices.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silk.

5. When small tunnels are formed beneath the levee a miniature geyser erupts. What is this mini geyser called?
(a) A sand boil.
(b) A geyser.
(c) A gas bubble.
(d) A magma bubble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took control of Charles Percy's family affairs after he dies?

2. What did the flooding of 1912 and 1913 demonstrate?

3. What did the official report about the mouth of the Mississippi that Eads wrote finally say?

4. What did Congress create in response to the flooding in Mississippi?

5. What did Leroy Percy's speeches advocate?

(see the answer key)

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