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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Up in the Air: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kolbert end the chapter wondering about all the burning trash, the acres of glass, the boxes of bumblebees, the vegetables raised on chemicals and captured carbon dioxide?
(a) Was it all totally cool or totally crazy?
(b) Are there other plants like this one?
(c) How can she get involved?
(d) How fast can this become reality everywhere?

2. When did William Lewis Manly take a difficult journey west?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1749.
(d) 1889.

3. Which country produces the most emissions?
(a) The U.S.
(b) China.
(c) All African nations combined.
(d) Russia.

4. Kolbert tells the reader that geothermal plants are relatively clean but do produce what gases?
(a) Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.
(b) Hydrogen monoxide and carbon monoxide.
(c) Hydrogen dioxide and carbon dioxide.
(d) Hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide.

5. What is Kolbert expecting to see in the SeaSim in Townsville, Australia?
(a) Coral being put under strain.
(b) The changing of colors of coral.
(c) Coral spawning.
(d) Small fish that live among the coral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What combination does Kolbert mention that could make cane toads non-lethal and coral heat-resistant?

2. Who does Tizard bring on to help with the details of toad experiments?

3. What does Kolbert use to make yeast glow?

4. How far away is a fake Devil’s Hole from the real one?

5. Who is Paul Thomas?

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