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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. What are described by the author as two structures in California that are two quintessential symbols of the imperiousness of American money in "Wildfire"?
(a) The Museum of Modern Art and Trump Tower.
(b) The Getty Museum and Rupert Murdoch's Bel-Air estate.
(c) Trump Tower and Sears Tower.
(d) The Empire State Building and the UN Headquarters.

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

3. When was the Paris Agreement ratified?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2018.

4. According to the author, the concrete and asphalt of cities absorb so much heat during the day that when it is released at night, it can raise the local temperature as much as how many degrees Fahrenheit?
(a) 16.
(b) 5.
(c) 22.
(d) 34.

5. What did Donald Trump notoriously toss to members of a crowd during a press conference in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria?
(a) Paper towels.
(b) Political signs.
(c) Balloons.
(d) Hats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Globally, deforestation accounts for about what percentage of carbon emissions?

2. The rate at which humankind is adding carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is how many times faster than any point in human history before the beginning of industrialization?

3. Who proposed the term "Half-Earth" (20)?

4. National Geographic calculated that what percentage of the planet's water is available to fuel and feed its 7 billion people?

5. How many deaths in China were attributed to smog in 2013?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the World Bank and when was it formed?

2. How is the air quality index quantified? What does it relate?

3. How many prior mass extinctions has the earth experienced? What caused them?

4. Describe the extreme weather events of 2018 in the Northern Hemisphere.

5. Why did Hurrican Maria demonstrate one of "the uglier aspects of our climate blindness" (98)?

6. What is carbon dioxide?

7. What is the Kyoto Protocol? When was it signed?

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

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

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

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