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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. How did Ruth Gates fall in love with the ocean?
(a) Watching TV as a kid.
(b) Classes at the zoo as a kid.
(c) Growing up near the ocean.
(d) Summers spent by the sea.

2. 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.

3. What is the main genetic modification plan for the cane toads in the lab?
(a) To make them glow in the dark.
(b) To make them smaller.
(c) To make them non-toxic.
(d) To make them more particular about what they eat.

4. What does Kevin Irons, the assistant chief of fisheries at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, feel is the best way to control the carp population?
(a) Bubbles and loud noises.
(b) Poison.
(c) Electrocution.
(d) Overfishing.

5. What is the mouse called that would make it so only male mice survived?
(a) A Y-Yield Mouse.
(b) A Y-Power Mouse.
(c) An X-Shredder mouse.
(d) An X-Factor Mouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species are thought to live in reefs around the world?

2. Where is Gates’ institution located?

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

4. What is the term for when water bursts through a levee, whether man-made or natural?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 2, why does Kolbert fly in a small airplane?

(see the answer key)

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