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

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

3. According to the author, almost how many people are displace and wandering the planet right now as a result of political and social instability (154)?
(a) 40 million.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 70 million.
(d) 20 million.

4. By what percentage did China's emissions grow in the first three months of 2018?
(a) 2%.
(b) 6%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 4%.

5. The area referred to as America's "tornado alley" has moved how many miles in just 30 years, according to the author in "Disasters No Longer Natural"?
(a) 300.
(b) 200.
(c) 500.
(d) 400.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term "analogue" mean as used in Part I: Cascades?

2. Approximately how many people fell ill from cryptosporidium due to an outbreak following a storm in 1993?

3. In 2018, scientists revived a worm that had been frozen in permafrost for approximately how many years?

4. What word from "Storytelling" refers to the process of giving an animal or object human attributes?

5. 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?

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