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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. How many acres did the Thomas Fire grow in one day in 2017?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 30,000.

2. How many people were killed during the Indian summer of 1998?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 55,000.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 1,300.

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

4. How much of the planet's coal-power capacity does China command?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 1/5.

5. When was David Wallace-Wells's father born?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1956.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Water Will Come?

2. When was the last time that the atmosphere contained 500 parts per million of carbon?

3. When did Hurricane Mitch strike Central America?

4. How many signatories are there on the Paris climate accords (as of the time of the book's publication)?

5. What does CCS stand for?

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