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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 one of the problems mentioned regarding cane toads?
(a) They are toxic.
(b) They eat almost anything.
(c) They multiple very quickly.
(d) Their mating call is very annoying and loud.

2. Prior to the digging of the canal, Chicago’s waste ran into the Chicago River and into Lake Michigan, which led to what regular outbreaks?
(a) Typhoid and Cholera.
(b) Consumption and West Nile Virus.
(c) Scarlet Fever and Yellow Fever.
(d) Bird Flu and Swine Flu.

3. When Kolbert visits the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ location in Chicago soon after her cruise down the sewage canal, she meets with whom?
(a) The engineer in charge or rerouting the river.
(b) The engineer in charge of cleaning the sewage canal.
(c) The engineer in charge of the electric fish barriers.
(d) The engineer in charge of the levees.

4. Which Dr. Suess book does Kolbert compare biological interventions?
(a) Horton Hears a Who.
(b) The Cat in the Hat.
(c) Fox in Sox.
(d) The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.

5. After a week with Gates, how does Kolbert feel?
(a) Sad.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Angry.
(d) Inspired.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long might you be blind if cane toad poison gets in your eyes?

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

3. What mammals were first experimented on with CRISPR and the gene drive?

4. What do Tizard and his partner hope to accomplish regarding cane toad eggs?

5. What is NOT a reason for why Devil’s Hole is a geological oddity?

(see the answer key)

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