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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. Kolbert jumps to a day when she meets Alex Kolker, a professor at LSU, who has what as a side gig?
(a) Giving lectures at local libraries around New Orleans.
(b) Giving bike tours around New Orleans.
(c) Giving walking tours around New Orleans.
(d) Giving demonstrations to locals of how to protect their homes against flooding in New Orleans.

2. How deep is Devil’s Hole at its deepest?
(a) At least 50 feet deep.
(b) At least 5,000 feet deep.
(c) At least 1,500 feet deep.
(d) At least 500 feet deep.

3. What two drainage basins were linked with the reversal of the Chicago River and the creation of the Sanitary and Ship Canal?
(a) The Mississippi River and Chicago River.
(b) The Mississippi River and Great Lakes.
(c) The Great Plains and the Great Lakes.
(d) The Chicago River and Great Lakes.

4. How did Ruth Gates fall in love with the ocean?
(a) Growing up near the ocean.
(b) Watching TV as a kid.
(c) Classes at the zoo as a kid.
(d) Summers spent by the sea.

5. What is NOT a reason for why Devil’s Hole is a geological oddity?
(a) It holds water left over from the Pleistocene age.
(b) The pupfish have evolved to survive in the harsh conditions of Devils Hole.
(c) The fish were washed here when the whole area had more water and have never been able to leave.
(d) The cavern is narrow in some areas and very deep in others, much like a swimming pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are CSOs?

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

3. What animal does Darwin use to support his beliefs about evolution?

4. To what does Kolbert compare the bringing back of a species from the brink of extinction?

5. What is the name of the new era in which Kolbert says we live?

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