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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Into the Wild: Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After a week with Gates, how does Kolbert feel?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Inspired.

3. Darwin’s ideas regarding evolution were first known as what?
(a) Transfiguration.
(b) Transmutation.
(c) Transgender.
(d) Transliteration.

4. To what is the land in the southern region of Louisiana compared?
(a) Slime.
(b) Warm Jell-O.
(c) A river of mud.
(d) Play-doh.

5. With whom does Kolbert ride in a boat far down along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal?
(a) Rachel Carson.
(b) The United States Army Corps of Engineers.
(c) The Friends of the Chicago River.
(d) The Clean Water Act Organization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Kolbert attend that is to bring awareness and interest in eating carp?

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

3. What is Kolbert expecting to see in the SeaSim in Townsville, Australia?

4. Where is Gates’ institution located?

5. How much land mass has the Isle de Jean Charles lost since the 1950s?

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