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

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

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

4. What book does Kolbert say led to the introduction of Asian carp in U.S. rivers?
(a) Fish Are Our Friends.
(b) How to Control Non-Native Species.
(c) The evils of Pesticides.
(d) Rachel The Control of Nature.

5. What two events sped up the drop in pupfish numbers?
(a) Regular above ground nuclear blasts and the pumping of water for a new community.
(b) An earthquake and drought.
(c) Over-crowding of species and an overgrown fungus.
(d) Rising sea levels and air temperatures.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Kevin Irons, the assistant chief of fisheries at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, feel is the best way to control the carp population?

3. Why was electric shock chosen to deter the fish?

4. When are the eggs harvested and brought back to Devils Hole Jr.?

5. To what does Kolbert compare being hit by a jumping carp?

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