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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does Magnus Magnusson hold in 1973?
(a) Ambassador.
(b) Governor.
(c) Prime Minister.
(d) Mayor.

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

3. 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?
(a) Five.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) One.

4. How does Sigurdur Steinthorsson monitor volcanic gases during the 1973 eruption?
(a) Measuring static electricity.
(b) Particle detector.
(c) Infrared glasses.
(d) Smoking cigars.

5. During the 1973 volcanic eruptions, many farmers and fishermen leave Heimaey:
(a) Never to return.
(b) For the first time.
(c) Against their will.
(d) For a day only.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname do the residents of Heimaey give to Sveinn Eiriksson?

2. During Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson's test run to cool lava by the coastline, what happens?

3. In gallons, how much water is pumped onto the lava flows of Heimaey each day?

4. Throughout the book, a predominant theme is that the following gets in the way of man's plans:

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

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