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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 the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, Old Cajun bayou life is:
(a) Enriched.
(b) Diminished.
(c) Lost.
(d) Renewed.

2. Results of the U.S. Army Air Corps' actions on an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935 cannot be confirmed because:
(a) The Corps' loses funding.
(b) Workers can't get close enough.
(c) The volcano stops erupting.
(d) The sensors melt.

3. After the eruptions of 1973 end, how many of Heimaey's evacuees return?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) Half.
(c) All of them.
(d) Only a handful.

4. In Los Angeles County, a flood engineer admits that trying to manage what falls down the San Gabriel Mountains is like:
(a) Moving gravel from one pile to another.
(b) Trying to hold back ocean storm tides.
(c) Trying to predict earthquakes.
(d) Playing with shifting sand castles.

5. In the early 1800s, private plantation owners in Louisiana levee riverbanks to:
(a) Protect their land.
(b) Store river water.
(c) Combine river water.
(d) Irrigate their land.

Short Answer Questions

1. After work crews deal with the moving mountain on Iceland's erupting island, what challenge do they face?

2. In Heimaey, who is Sveinn Eiriksson?

3. After being hosed down, how long does it take for red-hot lava to turn black?

4. The citrus groves that once occupied the space at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains have been replaced by:

5. Officials propose to protect Hilo, Hawaii's second-largest city and port, against lava flows through what?

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