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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 Brodifacoum?
(a) A powerful cleaning and disinfecting product.
(b) A trap used to catch cane toads.
(c) An anticoagulant used to kill mice.
(d) An antibiotic used to heal sick animals.

2. In Kolbert’s observations in and near Chicago, Asian carp, when caught, are then processed into what?
(a) Fertilizer.
(b) Fish patties.
(c) Pet food.
(d) Gefilte fish.

3. What are Van Oppen and her students’ plans for coral?
(a) Keep the reefs from dying and shrinking any further.
(b) Revitalize the reefs that have been lost.
(c) Create new reefs and ecosystems.
(d) Buy time until the world takes climate change more seriously.

4. What is the scientific name for the Devil’s Hole pupfish?
(a) Cyprinodon diavolo.
(b) Cyprinodon diabolis.
(c) Cyprinodon diabolo.
(d) Cyprinodon morte.

5. How much of the Caribbean coral disappeared in the 1980s?
(a) 2/3.
(b) Over 1/2.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 90%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens if coral is unable to acquire new symbionts after a heatwave?

2. How does Kolbert feel about the community of Isle de Jean Charles?

3. What act led to the introduction of Asian carp?

4. What is NOT something that Kolbert says human domination over nature has caused?

5. What is Kolker’s prediction for New Orleans?

(see the answer key)

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