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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of the United States does the Mississippi River drain?
(a) 50%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 41%.

2. In what ways was New Olreans described?
(a) By its history, geography, flavor and culture.
(b) By the animals and plants that are found there.
(c) By its climate.
(d) By the demographics of the population.

3. What did spring flooding in the upper Mississippi River cause?
(a) Property destruction, deaths and devastation.
(b) A great fishing season.
(c) A richer soil for planting crops.
(d) Nothing.

4. How were the levees damaged in early 1927?
(a) By high temperatures and high winds.
(b) By high winds and earthquakes.
(c) By tornadoes and high winds.
(d) By tornadoes and earthquakes.

5. What happened when Hoover goes to inspect the levee south of New Orleans?
(a) He got caught in a storm.
(b) The levee broke.
(c) His boat was shot at.
(d) He almost drowned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Simpson and the others do to find a solution to the compensation problem?

2. Whose biography was told?

3. How did Humphrey prove himself to be in combat?

4. Why did armed St. Bernard Parish men visit the bankers of New Orleans?

5. How is the Mississippi River described?

(see the answer key)

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