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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. When the United States won a case against the developer, Cappaert Enterprises, who took over the land?
(a) The Fish and Game Service.
(b) The Sierra Club.
(c) The Fish and Wildlife Service.
(d) The National Parks Department.

2. What does bleaching do to coral?
(a) It kills the coral.
(b) It causes it to become brittle.
(c) It breaks down the relationship between coral and their symbionts.
(d) It detaches the symbionts from the coral.

3. What are two species that Revive & Restore hope to resurrect?
(a) The passenger pigeon and the dodo bird.
(b) The dodo bird and the American chestnut tree.
(c) The passenger pigeon and the American chestnut tree.
(d) The dinosaur and the Woolley mammoth.

4. Why were low-lying parts of New Orleans not abandoned to the water?
(a) The locals fought to save their property.
(b) After the most recent hurricanes, they recovered on their own.
(c) It did not make sense politically.
(d) It was not necessary.

5. How does Tizard hope to teach other animals to avoid the cane toads?
(a) Use small, foul-tasting toads to teach other species that these toads do not taste good.
(b) Use the non-lethal toads to teach other animals that cane toads make you sick, so you should not eat them.
(c) Use glowing toads to scare away other species.
(d) To show other species how scared and hard to find these toads are.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people in Asia not want to buy Asian carp from the U.S.?

2. What bacteria is included in Kolbert’s genetic modification kit?

3. 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?

4. What two drainage basins were linked with the reversal of the Chicago River and the creation of the Sanitary and Ship Canal?

5. By the time 2016’s global bleaching event ended in 2017, what percentage of the Great Barrier Reef was affected?

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