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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. What does "City Flow" do in Heimaey?
(a) Kills twenty-nine workers.
(b) Moves lava streams away from the town.
(c) Crushes houses in its path.
(d) Melts the moving mountain.

2. The author tells stories of the following people in conflict with forces of nature:
(a) All of the them.
(b) Residents.
(c) Government officials.
(d) Engineers.

3. When workers in Vestmannaeyjar hose down lava, why do they keep moving?
(a) Because the lava flow keeps shifting.
(b) To keep their boots from burning up.
(c) To cool down other parts of the flow.
(d) To stay warm in the cold climate.

4. What does James B. Eads invent to explore the Mississippi River?
(a) Submarine.
(b) Underwater camera.
(c) Glass-bottom boat.
(d) Water telescope.

5. After a 6.2 earthquake in 1971, Leon Silver flies over the San Gabriel Mountains and notices what?
(a) Large, deep cracks.
(b) Unstable mountain debris.
(c) Unusual weather patterns.
(d) Migrations of deer herds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Even though Los Angeles gets less rainfall than other major cities do, the rain it does get can fall:

2. What does the author observe about historical attempts to control lava?

3. The author learns that populations increased greatly in Southern California upon the arrival of what?

4. Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson is a native of which country?

5. In gallons, how much water is pumped onto the lava flows of Heimaey each day?

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