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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. What is NOT a reason for why Devil’s Hole is a geological oddity?
(a) It holds water left over from the Pleistocene age.
(b) The pupfish have evolved to survive in the harsh conditions of Devils Hole.
(c) The cavern is narrow in some areas and very deep in others, much like a swimming pool.
(d) The fish were washed here when the whole area had more water and have never been able to leave.

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

3. How many species of birds has the Pacific rat killed off?
(a) At least 10,000 species.
(b) None.
(c) At least 1,000 species.
(d) At least 100 species.

4. One activist that Kolbert mentions says that sometimes doing nothing is better than what?
(a) Looking like a fool.
(b) Making mistakes.
(c) Saying nothing.
(d) Doing something.

5. To what has gene-drive technology been compared?
(a) Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange.
(b) Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice.
(c) Steven King’s It.
(d) Kurt Vonnegut’s ice-nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kolbert use to make yeast glow?

2. Where do biologists like Tizard hope to get the power to spread genetic modifications throughout a species?

3. To what does Kolbert compare being hit by a jumping carp?

4. What are CSOs?

5. When the canal in Chicago reversed the flow of the river, into where did it eventually lead?

(see the answer key)

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