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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers distributes Atchafalaya river water to swamps, bayous, towns, and cities in:
(a) Houston, Texas.
(b) Shreveport, Louisiana.
(c) French Acadia.
(d) Neighboring Mississippi.

2. Over a number of centuries, how does the Mississippi River form the state of Louisiana?
(a) By irrigating carefully cultivated fields.
(b) By creating all of the state's boundaries.
(c) By overflowing river banks.
(d) By cutting deep, rocky canyons into the land.

3. What does James B. Eads invent to explore the Mississippi River?
(a) Water telescope.
(b) Underwater camera.
(c) Submarine.
(d) Glass-bottom boat.

4. The author tells stories of the following people in conflict with forces of nature:
(a) Engineers.
(b) Residents.
(c) All of the them.
(d) Government officials.

5. In feet, how long is the towboat Mississippi?
(a) 42.
(b) 23.
(c) 217.
(d) 459.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A snagboat is a river boat that does what?

3. Atchafalaya is a what?

4. When floodwaters cover twenty-six thousand square miles in 1927, how is New Orleans saved?

5. From St. Louis down to the Atchafalaya, General Sands takes note of what?

(see the answer key)

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