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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. Why was electric shock chosen to deter the fish?
(a) It was the most environmentally-friendly option.
(b) It was the fastest way to lower the number of fish.
(c) It was the only suggestion given for keeping the fish out.
(d) It was the least expensive and seemed the most ethical.

2. After a disastrous flood in what year, did the Army Corps of Engineers extend the levees?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1917.

3. 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) To show other species how scared and hard to find these toads are.
(d) Use glowing toads to scare away other species.

4. To what does Kolbert compare being hit by a jumping carp?
(a) Being hit by a wiffle-ball bat.
(b) Being struck by a truck.
(c) Being smacked in the face.
(d) Being knocked out in a boxing ring.

5. What did the cannibal snails cause in Hawaii?
(a) A tropical avalanche.
(b) Mudslides.
(c) An extinction spree.
(d) An extinction avalanche.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was it determined that the Anthropocene Age began?

3. Kolbert jumps to a day when she meets Alex Kolker, a professor at LSU, who has what as a side gig?

4. Each day at the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure, the gates are raised or lowered, depending on what?

5. Why are Kolbert and Gates’ plans to meet cancelled?

(see the answer key)

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