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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. When the canal in Chicago reversed the flow of the river, into where did it eventually lead?
(a) The Atlantic Ocean.
(b) The Pacific Ocean.
(c) The St. Lawrence River.
(d) The Gulf of Mexico.

2. How many species are thought to live in reefs around the world?
(a) 10 - 20 million.
(b) 1 - 9 million.
(c) 10 - 90,000
(d) 15,000.

3. What animal does Darwin use to support his beliefs about evolution?
(a) Gerbals.
(b) Lab rats.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Fancy-pigeons.

4. Manly and nearly how many argonauts gathered in Salt Lake City to travel together to gold country in northern California?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 50.
(d) 4,000.

5. Each day at the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure, the gates are raised or lowered, depending on what?
(a) The weather report.
(b) The direction of the wind on any particular day.
(c) The water level and activity on that particular day.
(d) The amount of rain the region as received.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away is a fake Devil’s Hole from the real one?

2. How far do coral reefs stretch north and south of the equator?

3. What does bleaching do to coral?

4. What is the term for when water bursts through a levee, whether man-made or natural?

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

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