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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author asserts that due to floods in the region, Louisiana loses how much land each year?
(a) Three acres.
(b) A thousand square miles.
(c) Fifty square miles.
(d) Seven hundred acres.

2. During high spring waters, what danger forms unseen beneath turbulent waters at the outflow to the Atchafalaya?
(a) The partial collapse of one of the pylons.
(b) An enormous hole larger and deeper than a football stadium.
(c) A crack in a gate of the control structure.
(d) Treacherous new rip currents.

3. This book is a:
(a) Science fiction novel.
(b) Historical nonfiction novel.
(c) Traditional history textbook.
(d) Traditional science textbook.

4. 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:
(a) The two-hundred thousand ton structure is vibrating.
(b) A freak tidal wave is coming towards the structure.
(c) A hurricane is headed his way.
(d) An intense lightning storm develops over the area.

5. What river does the author mention that connects the Atchafalaya and the Mississippi to form an H?
(a) Red River.
(b) Old River.
(c) New River.
(d) Black River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are residents of French Acadia called?

2. In the 1800s, why do levee districts and boards form in Louisiana?

3. Rabalais says he remembers being taught in high school that one day, these would be built:

4. At one point, Rabalais drives the author first to the Mississippi River and then to the Atchafalaya River, showing him that the Mississippi is 18 feet above sea level while the Atchafalaya is how many feet above sea level?

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

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