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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Into the Wild: Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 2, why does Kolbert fly in a small airplane?
(a) To fly from Chicago to New Orleans.
(b) To get a bird’s eye view of the Plaquemines.
(c) To see the Chicago River from the sky.
(d) To get from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.

2. What is Kolker’s prediction for New Orleans?
(a) It will no longer look like a boot.
(b) It will eventually sink and disappear.
(c) It will eventually detach and float away.
(d) It will eventually look more like an island.

3. How far do coral reefs stretch north and south of the equator?
(a) 30 miles.
(b) 50 miles.
(c) 20 degrees.
(d) 30 degrees.

4. Why were low-lying parts of New Orleans not abandoned to the water?
(a) The locals fought to save their property.
(b) After the most recent hurricanes, they recovered on their own.
(c) It did not make sense politically.
(d) It was not necessary.

5. How much land mass has the Isle de Jean Charles lost since the 1950s?
(a) It has shrunk from thirty-five square miles to twenty-five square miles.
(b) It has shrunk from thirty-five square miles to half a square mile.
(c) It has shrunk from thirty-five square miles to fifteen square miles.
(d) It has shrunk from thirty-five square miles to five square miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. One activist that Kolbert mentions says that sometimes doing nothing is better than what?

2. What did the cannibal snails cause in Hawaii?

3. What does Mark Tizard want the general population to know about genetic modification?

4. Are gene drives always beneficial for the species?

5. Why are Kolbert and Gates’ plans to meet cancelled?

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