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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. Approximately how many acres did the Mendocino Complex burn in 2018?
(a) One million.
(b) A quarter of a million.
(c) Two million.
(d) Half a million.

2. How many pounds of grain does it take to produce a single pound of hamburger meat?
(a) 3 pounds.
(b) 5 pounds.
(c) 1 pound.
(d) 8 pounds.

3. 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.

4. Who wrote The Water Will Come?
(a) Irakli Loladze.
(b) E. O. Wilson.
(c) Paul Ehrlich.
(d) Jeff Goodell.

5. Approximately how many separate wildfires broke out in California in 2017?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 7,000.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 5,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2017, Solomon Hsiang and Trevor Houser calculated that Hurricane Maria could take how long for the economy of the island to return to even the level it enjoyed just before the storm?

2. What is referred as the world's most popular video game that "invites players into a competition for scarce resources during an extreme weather event" (175)?

3. What was the population of New Orleans in 2005 (prior to Katrina)?

4. What term used in "Storytelling" refers to action taken to prevent disease, especially be specified means or against a specified disease?

5. How many people were killed during the Russian heat wave of 2010?

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