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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Elements of Chaos, "Wildfire" - "Unbreathable Air".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to a 2018 government report, how many people in India face "high to extreme water stress" (107)?
(a) 100 million.
(b) 200 million.
(c) 700 million.
(d) 600 million.

2. National Geographic calculated that what percentage of the planet's water is available to fuel and feed its 7 billion people?
(a) 0.0003%.
(b) 0.05%.
(c) 0.24%.
(d) 0.007%.

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

4. A research team led by Ethan Coffel calculated in 2017 that the number of days warmer than what were once the warmest days of the year could grow by a factor of what by 2080?
(a) 75.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 25.

5. What is the population of Delhi (as of 2018)?
(a) 26 million.
(b) 45 million.
(c) 14 million.
(d) 13 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many barrels of oil are burned each day in the summer in Saudi Arabia, mostly to power the nation's air-conditioning?

2. Beginning in what year were about a million Syrian refugees unleashed on Europe by a civil war inflamed by climate change, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?

3. Approximately how many square miles were incinerated by the Camp Fire in northern California in 2018?

4. Who developed the work "The Great Nutrient Collapse"?

5. When was David Wallace-Wells's mother born?

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