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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: The Climate Kaleidoscope, "Storytelling" - "The Church of Technology".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the United States, leaks and theft account for an estimated loss of what percentage of freshwater?
(a) 12%.
(b) 34%.
(c) 16%.
(d) 5%.

2. How many people were killed in the Chicago heat wave of 1995?
(a) 345.
(b) 234.
(c) 739.
(d) 2,342.

3. What is the name of Robert Kennedy's memoir of the Cuban missile crisis?
(a) Thirteen Days.
(b) Bay of Pigs.
(c) 1969.
(d) Children of Men.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Water Will Come?

2. How many gallons of gasoline were released into Galveston Bay as a result of Hurricane Harvey?

3. How much in damages did Hurricane Florence wreak on North Carolina in 2018?

4. What term refers to the moving in of bugs when trees are cut down?

5. According to a 2018 government report, how many people in India face "high to extreme water stress" (107)?

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