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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Magnus Magnusson takes the author to visit an old monument in Iceland, what do they do?
(a) Carve a new inscription on the monument.
(b) Read its inscription and view the landscape.
(c) Leave a wreathe and sing a battle song.
(d) Say a prayer for those who died in the eruption.

2. What do work crews call the two-million ton floating mountain that breaks off during the 1973 eruptions?
(a) Dettifoss the Mountain.
(b) Flakkarinn the Wanderer.
(c) Surtsey the Fiery.
(d) Haukadalur the Ominous.

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

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

5. When the author visits Vestmannaeyjar, what does he notice?
(a) Few survived the flu epidemic.
(b) Most residents have moved out.
(c) No polar bears are left.
(d) Steam still rises from the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the returning residents benefit from the cooled but still hot lava rocks on Vestmannaeyjar?

2. Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson is a native of which country?

3. How are residents and livestock evacuated from Heimaey during the 1973 eruptions?

4. After the eruptions of 1973 end, how many of Heimaey's evacuees return?

5. What does the author observe about historical attempts to control lava?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the population of Iceland's Heimaey before and after the 1973 eruptions?

2. Describe work crews' first attempts at cooling off the lava flows of Heimaey in 1973.

3. Describe how Heimaey residents are evacuated following the eruptions that begin unexpectedly in 1973.

4. How is Heimaey's harbor altered after the eruptions and lava flows of 1973?

5. How do residents of Heimaey benefit from the cooling but still hot lava after the 1973 eruptions?

6. The author moves away from his discussion of Iceland's 1973 lava eruptions to talk about Hawaii's volcanoes. Describe what he writes about the U.S. Army Air Corps' attempts to stop lava from burying Hawaii's towns and cities.

7. What role does Magnus Magnusson play during the 1973 volcanic eruptions in Heimaey?

8. How do the working crews stop the large chunk of mountain from crashing into Heimaey's town and port?

9. Describe what happens to the north side of the growing volcano on Heimaey.

10. Briefly describe Mauna Loa.

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