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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Humphrey feel about Ellet's suggestions about the river?
(a) Humphrey was excited about the idea.
(b) Humphrey thought it was an awful idea.
(c) Humphrey was nervous about the idea.
(d) Humphrey took it as a personal insult.

2. When was the first recorded flood of the Mississippi River?
(a) 1743.
(b) 1543.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1643.

3. Why wasn't Humphrey's report accepted well in the United States?
(a) The Americans didn't believe him.
(b) He didn't publish it in the United States.
(c) The report didn't make any sense.
(d) The Civil War was happening.

4. Who finally gave approval for Thompson to organize his plan when he arrives back to the Delta area?
(a) Percy.
(b) Governor Simpson.
(c) Coolidge.
(d) Hoover.

5. Who are the patrons of the Boston Club?
(a) The blacks.
(b) The blue collar workers.
(c) The farmers.
(d) Nearly all the bank presidents in New Orleans.

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

7. In early 1927, what did many of the communities begin to do?
(a) Patrol their levees with armed guards.
(b) Rebuild their levees to be stronger.
(c) Repair their levees.
(d) Develop evacuation plans.

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

9. Why was more attention given to Mardi Gras when the history of the area was given?
(a) Because it is the area's largest money maker.
(b) Because it plays a large part in the culture of the area.
(c) Because everyone loves the holiday.
(d) Because the holiday has a role in politics.

10. What was Thompson's proposition to prevent the levees from failing?
(a) To dynamite the levees south of New Orleans.
(b) To build a dam.
(c) To quickly do repairs on the levees.
(d) To build more levees.

11. What ongoing problem existed at the mouth of the Mississippi River that prohibited shipping?
(a) Sandbars and large amounts of deposited sediment.
(b) A strong undertow.
(c) Piracy.
(d) Rocky cliffs.

12. Whose biography was told?
(a) Coolidge.
(b) LeRoy Percy.
(c) Will Percy.
(d) Hoover.

13. Prior to Thompson's plan being implemented, what happened to the refugees south of the levee?
(a) They built a new levee.
(b) They evacuated.
(c) They refused to leave.
(d) They protested.

14. For decades, what were the levees constructed to do?
(a) Increase the number of outlets.
(b) Increase the number of reservoirs.
(c) Increase farmland.
(d) Decrease farmland.

15. What two things did Humphrey unsuccessfully attempt to do to change the mouth of the Mississippi River?
(a) Dredges and bridges.
(b) Canals and dredges.
(c) Bridges and canals.
(d) Creating a new river and a dam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who played a prominent role in getting Thompson's proposal approved?

2. Why does Hoover accept the offer to head the flood relief committee?

3. Why was Eads allowed to proceed with his idea after being opposed unanimously?

4. During the major storms that were occurring along the Mississippi River in 1927, what happens to the dam in Arkansas?

5. What will eventually happen to the water released through the Mounds Landing crevasse?

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