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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Atchafalaya.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Old River Control began its operations in what year?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1917.

2. From the time that the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, what word does the author associate with the river and the region?
(a) Cooperation.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Control.
(d) Collision.

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

4. During the fifty years between New Orleans' floods of 1735 and 1785, what does the author say brings a false sense of security against flooding?
(a) Drought conditions.
(b) Concrete seawalls.
(c) Extended, raised levees.
(d) Prosperous economic boom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Atchafalaya is a what?

2. The writing on Dugie's belt buckle reads:

3. The author mentions that when he met Rabalais, he wore what in his pocket?

4. Sympathetically, who does McPhee blame for destructive actions against the natural order of the environment?

5. Every thousand years or so, the Mississippi River goes through a major shift that leaves behind what?

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