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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. Sveinn Eiriksson is a man of:
(a) Action.
(b) Few words.
(c) Ill repute.
(d) Poor judgment.

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

3. For the most part, residents of Heimaey are what during the 1973 eruptions?
(a) Panicked.
(b) Calm.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Frightened.

4. On January 23, 1973, the five thousand residents of Heimaey, the only populated island of Vestmannaeyjar, are threatened by what?
(a) Lava.
(b) Flu epidemic.
(c) Cracking ice shelf.
(d) War.

5. How long does the the Mauna Loa eruption of 1984 last?
(a) Thirty-three weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) Thirty-three days.
(d) Three weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Valdimar Jonsson is a professor of what?

2. Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson decides to try to stop the chunk of mountain moving towards Heimaey's town and harbor by:

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

4. In Heimaey, who is Sveinn Eiriksson?

5. Heimaey is considered to be an important what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson, and what idea does he come up with?

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

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

5. What hazards do workers face as they try to stop the lava flows?

6. What is threatened in Heimaey as a result of the unexpected volcanic eruption of 1973?

7. Describe how workers are able to walk upon lava fields as they try to cool down the lava on Heimaey in 1973.

8. How does the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration protect its sensitive, expensive equipment against damaging lava in Hawaii?

9. Briefly describe Mauna Loa.

10. 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.

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