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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. Darwin realized correctly that at the center of every atoll was what?
(a) A continental Slope.
(b) An extinct volcano.
(c) A deep cavern.
(d) A fault line.

2. What is wrong with the Wood Screw Pumps in the twenty-four pumping stations that pump water out of the city?
(a) They are not effective at keeping out water.
(b) They are speeding up the sinking of the city.
(c) They are difficult to replace.
(d) Many are broken and need to be fixed.

3. What is a suppression drive?
(a) A gene drive that kills off a species.
(b) A gene drive that suppresses one’s immune system.
(c) A gene drive that would overpower natural selection.
(d) A gene drive that makes all recessive genes dominant.

4. Why were cane toads first introduced outside of their natural environments?
(a) To keep ponds clear of algae.
(b) To replace another extinct toad species.
(c) To eat fly larvae.
(d) To kill the beetle grubs that were eating sugar cane.

5. Kolbert moves onto a visit to the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure located how many miles upriver of Baton Rouge?
(a) 800 miles.
(b) 8 miles.
(c) 80 miles.
(d) 18 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When are the eggs harvested and brought back to Devils Hole Jr.?

2. When do Kolbert and Van Oppen meet?

3. With whom does Kolbert ride in a boat far down along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal?

4. What are Van Oppen and her students’ plans for coral?

5. What did the cannibal snails cause in Hawaii?

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