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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In a conversation between General Sands and Oliver Houck on a floating conference boat, what does the General remind Houck regarding the vital role of the U.S. Army Corps?
(a) No other organization has authority to control Louisiana's rivers.
(b) The Corps is keeping his neighborhood safe from nine feet of water.
(c) This is the only organization that has ever succeeded in maintaining order in New Orleans.
(d) The Corps keeps the region safe against criminals.

3. On General Sand's floating conference boat, Oliver Houck is the only board member who is active in what?
(a) Taking the census.
(b) Local political life.
(c) Environmental movement.
(d) Cancelling the Old River project.

4. While aboard the Mississippi on his annual trip, General Sands tries to:
(a) Generate new contracts.
(b) Settle differences.
(c) Capture poachers.
(d) Fine environmentalists.

5. In New Orleans' earliest days, French settlers begin to live there despite the fact that the area:
(a) Is full of poisonous snakes.
(b) Is plagued by giant storms on a weekly basis.
(c) Belongs to Spain.
(d) Has practically no solid ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. Atchafalaya is a what?

2. 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?

3. This book is a:

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

5. In 1928, Congress enacts the Flood Control Act to start what?

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