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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cooling the Lava.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Cooling the Lava," when the author redirects his conversation to Hawaii he talks about the The Hawaiian Research Association which formed in:
(a) 1932.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1911.

2. What does the author observe about historical attempts to control lava?
(a) Too many workers perish.
(b) They're usually not successful.
(c) Lava is impossible to control.
(d) Most have worked well.

3. Of the Old River Control Project, LeRoy Dugas, also known as Dugie, is what initially?
(a) Critical.
(b) Supportive.
(c) Furious.
(d) Indifferent.

4. How are residents and livestock evacuated from Heimaey during the 1973 eruptions?
(a) By ships and trains.
(b) By ships, planes, and boats.
(c) By boats, trains, and planes.
(d) By trains and planes.

5. Even though Hawaii's Hilo is often threatened by lava flows, Hilo has thus far been protected because:
(a) Of man-made barriers.
(b) A tall mountain stands between Hilo and the lava.
(c) Flows stop within a dozen to one mile of the port.
(d) A freshwater stream slows the lava flow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vestmannaeyjar holds how much of Iceland's total population?

2. Heimaey is considered to be an important what?

3. Norris F. Rabalais was born and raised in what Louisiana parish?

4. What is Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson's vocation?

5. The author retells the time when Raphael G. Kazmann walks out onto the five hundred and sixty-six foot structure over the Old River but leaves quickly because:

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