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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in "Hunger," undernourishment in the world's developing countries has dropped from over 30% in 1970 to what percentage today?
(a) 20%.
(b) 24%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 10%.

2. How many gallons of gasoline were released into Galveston Bay as a result of Hurricane Harvey?
(a) 320,000.
(b) 460,000.
(c) 253,000.
(d) 640,000.

3. In 2014, a toxic event struck Lake Erie, when fertilizer from farms in Ohio spawned an algae bloom that cut off drinking water for what city?
(a) Toledo.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Hamilton.
(d) Cleveland.

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

5. How many people were evacuated from mainland China due to the Typhoon Mangkhut?
(a) 6.3 million.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 1.4 million.
(d) 2.45 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Population Bomb?

2. Who was elected president of Brazil in 2018?

3. The author states in Part I: Cascades that all mass extinctions aside from the one that killed off the dinosaurs were caused by what?

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

5. For how many years does Wallace-Wells say his mother has smoked in her lifetime?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say about methane release in relation to melting ice sheets in "Drowning"?

2. How did Hurricane Harvey impact Houston environmentally?

3. What is the Paris Agreement? When was it ratified?

4. Describe the Mendocino Complex Fire. When and where did it occur and what damage did it cause?

5. What discovery did Irakli Loladze make regarding human nutrition and climate change?

6. What is carbon dioxide?

7. What do CCS and BECCS refer to?

8. What is the basic rule of thumb when looking at climate change and cereal grains, according to the author in "Hunger"?

9. Describe the Camp Fire. When and where did it occur and what damage did it cause?

10. What does the author project will happen in terms of wildfire growth by 2050?

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