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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. Norris F. Rabalais was born and raised in what Louisiana parish?
(a) Evangeline.
(b) West Feliciana.
(c) Avoyelles.
(d) Concordia.

2. On January 23, 1973, the five thousand residents of Heimaey, the only populated island of Vestmannaeyjar, are threatened by what?
(a) Lava.
(b) War.
(c) Cracking ice shelf.
(d) Flu epidemic.

3. In the mountains of Southern California, brush fires ignite by:
(a) Accident, arson, or lightning.
(b) Accident or spontaneous combustion.
(c) Spontaneous combustion.
(d) Arson or high temperatures.

4. When floodwaters cover twenty-six thousand square miles in 1927, how is New Orleans saved?
(a) Layering sandbags along the riverbanks.
(b) Blowing up a downstream levee.
(c) Quickly digging a diversion channel.
(d) Building concrete walls around the city.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When a debris flow crashes into the Genofiles' house, what pours through their home?

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

3. After describing debris basins, the author flashes back to the Genofile family. What do rescuers believe when they arrive at the family's house after the debris flow?

4. Two primary factors that contribute to debris flows are broken-up rock and:

5. The author notes that many regard the Old River Project as what?

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