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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Los Angeles Against the Mountains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After work crews deal with the moving mountain on Iceland's erupting island, what challenge do they face?
(a) Blinding blizzard that buries the equipment.
(b) Orders from Iceland's government to stop all cooling efforts.
(c) New lava flow that threatens the town.
(d) Pumps that fail due to excessive heat.

2. In the mountains of Southern California, brush fires ignite by:
(a) Accident, arson, or lightning.
(b) Accident or spontaneous combustion.
(c) Arson or high temperatures.
(d) Spontaneous combustion.

3. After a 6.2 earthquake in 1971, Leon Silver flies over the San Gabriel Mountains and notices what?
(a) Large, deep cracks.
(b) Migrations of deer herds.
(c) Unusual weather patterns.
(d) Unstable mountain debris.

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

5. In the mid-1800s, the United States Congress passes a Swamp and Overflow Land Act to:
(a) Create a new water control system.
(b) Deed swampland to individual states.
(c) Take away ownership rights.
(d) Evict land squatters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To cool the lava flows of 1973, what does Valdimar Jonsson suggest?

3. Results of the U.S. Army Air Corps' actions on an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935 cannot be confirmed because:

4. In the mountain neighborhood called Pasadena Glen in Southern California, what is built above the highest home to protect the neighborhood?

5. What does "City Flow" do in Heimaey?

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