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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the population of Delhi (as of 2018)?
(a) 26 million.
(b) 14 million.
(c) 45 million.
(d) 13 million.

2. What is the current population of Jakarta (as of 2018)?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 8 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 6 million.

3. How much carbon is said to be contained in the Arctic permafrost in Part I: Cascades?
(a) 4.5 billion tons.
(b) 2.3 trillion tons.
(c) 4 trillion tons.
(d) 1.8 trillion tons.

4. What does the IPCC refer to?
(a) International Panel on Climate Change.
(b) International Participation in Climate Correction.
(c) International Protocol for Climate Change.
(d) Imperial Protocol of Climate Change.

5. How many people were killed around the world by inland flooding between 1995 and 2015?
(a) 633,000.
(b) 157,000.
(c) 234,000.
(d) 142,000.

6. In "Hunger," the author gives a basic rule of thumb regarding climate and plants. He states that for staple cereal crops grown at optimal temperature, for every degree of warming, the yields decline by how much?
(a) 15%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 10%.

7. Approximately how many Muslims participate in the hajj each year?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 3 million.

8. How many gallons of gasoline were released into Galveston Bay as a result of Hurricane Harvey?
(a) 253,000.
(b) 640,000.
(c) 460,000.
(d) 320,000.

9. How many natural disasters hit the Philippines between 2006 and 2013?
(a) 85.
(b) 65.
(c) 34.
(d) 75.

10. Who developed the work "The Great Nutrient Collapse"?
(a) E. O. Wilson.
(b) Irakli Loladze.
(c) Paul Ehrlich.
(d) William Vollmann.

11. When was the country of Pakistan formed?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1947.

12. What percent of all human experience throughout history is estimated to belong to people right now, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?
(a) 15%.
(b) 12%.
(c) 3%.
(d) 8%.

13. Globally, deforestation accounts for about what percentage of carbon emissions?
(a) 5%.
(b) 12%.
(c) 18%.
(d) 8%.

14. The United Nations estimates that how much of the global population will live in cities by 2050?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/2.

15. Approximately how many square miles were incinerated by the Camp Fire in northern California in 2018?
(a) 100.
(b) 250.
(c) 150.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money in damages did Typhoon Mangkhut wreak on the Philippines and Hong Kong in 2018?

2. How much did carbon emissions grow in the year 2017?

3. How many acres did the Thomas Fire grow in one day in 2017?

4. How many major cities are there currently with average maximum summertime temperature of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher?

5. According to the author in "Hunger," undernourishment in the world's developing countries has dropped from over 30% in 1970 to what percentage today?

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