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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Elements of Chaos, "Plagues of Warming" - "Systems".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years does Wallace-Wells say his mother has smoked in her lifetime?
(a) 67 years.
(b) 34 years.
(c) 23 years.
(d) 58 years.

2. What was the population of New Orleans in 2005 (prior to Katrina)?
(a) 700,000.
(b) 630,000.
(c) 530,000.
(d) 480,000.

3. What small Northern California town was largely wiped out by the Camp Fire?
(a) Montague.
(b) Weaverville.
(c) Paradise.
(d) Douglas City.

4. Approximately how many square miles were burned by wildfires in California in 2018?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 2,500.

5. How many people were killed during the Russian heat wave of 2010?
(a) 55,000.
(b) 95,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 70,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were killed in the Chicago heat wave of 1995?

2. Approximately how many people die from malaria each year currently (as of 2018)?

3. How many people were killed during the Indian summer of 1998?

4. According to a 2016 study, from 1980-210 what percentage of conflict in the world's ethnically diverse countries began in months stamped by weather disaster/

5. How much carbon is said to be contained in the Arctic permafrost in Part I: Cascades?

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