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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 are rodents often currently killed?
(a) Traps.
(b) Through hunting.
(c) Poison.
(d) Euthanasia.

2. What is a NOT a technique listed by Kolbert to support species that were brought back from the brink of extinction?
(a) Supplemental feeding.
(b) Captive breeding.
(c) Managed burns.
(d) Catch and release.

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

4. Why do people in Asia not want to buy Asian carp from the U.S.?
(a) They do not realize American rivers have Asian carp.
(b) They do not trust American companies.
(c) They prefer to support their own fisheries.
(d) They prefer fresh fish to frozen.

5. Where does Kolbert stay for her last night in Nevada?
(a) The Venetian.
(b) A Native American reservation.
(c) The Paris.
(d) The Bellagio.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the mouse called that would make it so only male mice survived?

4. How many species of birds has the Pacific rat killed off?

5. What are the main causes of the shrinkage of Isle de Jean Charles?

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