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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Hawaiian Research Association forms for what purpose?
(a) Revisiting Hawaiian legends to learn more about lava.
(b) Preventing lava from burying cities.
(c) Studying the nature of lava flows.
(d) Relocating residents directly in the path of flowing lava.

2. In 1928, Congress enacts the Flood Control Act to start what?
(a) Mississippi River and Tributaries Project.
(b) Atchafalaya River and Levees Project.
(c) Rivers, Tributaries, and Levees Effort.
(d) Old and New Rivers Effort.

3. To cool the lava flows of 1973, what does Valdimar Jonsson suggest?
(a) Redirecting the flow towards an iceberg.
(b) Using ice and snow.
(c) Stacking ice blocks along the lava's path.
(d) Using ten times more water.

4. In 1973, the eruptions in Heimaey begin on January 23 and continue vigorously before diminishing in strength through when?
(a) January 30th.
(b) March 1st.
(c) February 25th.
(d) February 5th.

5. What does the U.S. Army Air Corps do to an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935?
(a) Attaches vibration sensors.
(b) Floods it with water.
(c) Fills it with boulders.
(d) Bombs it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In feet, how long is the towboat Mississippi?

2. In Heimaey, who is Sveinn Eiriksson?

3. Officials propose to protect Hilo, Hawaii's second-largest city and port, against lava flows through what?

4. The oldest parts of Iceland are how old?

5. In New Orleans' earliest days, French settlers begin to live there despite the fact that the area:

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