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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Los Angeles Against the Mountains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author learns that populations increased greatly in Southern California upon the arrival of what?
(a) Research facilities.
(b) Cargo ships.
(c) Missionaries.
(d) Railroads.

2. During Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson's test run to cool lava by the coastline, what happens?
(a) Lava cools completely and stops flowing.
(b) Water solidifies lava, but it doesn't cool completely.
(c) Lava cools slightly, but it doesn't solidify.
(d) Water evaporates before it can solidify lava.

3. What position does Magnus Magnusson hold in 1973?
(a) Ambassador.
(b) Prime Minister.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Governor.

4. What does Magnus Magnusson tell Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson to protect first during the eruptions of 1973?
(a) Canneries.
(b) City.
(c) Fisheries.
(d) Harbor.

5. Where do Bob and Jackie Genofile live?
(a) Atop a gentle Hollywood hill.
(b) In Los Angeles at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains.
(c) Up high in the San Gabriel Mountains overlooking Los Angeles.
(d) At the base of a gentle Hollywood hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson's vocation?

2. In Hawaii, how many volcanoes are there within the group that includes Mauna Loa?

3. In the San Gabriel Mountains, what is a debris flow?

4. How much money does the Genofile family receive from the county in damages for an improperly designed and maintained basin above their house?

5. Why do residents of Heimaey hose down oncoming lava?

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