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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 Kolbert visits the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ location in Chicago soon after her cruise down the sewage canal, she meets with whom?
(a) The engineer in charge of the electric fish barriers.
(b) The engineer in charge of cleaning the sewage canal.
(c) The engineer in charge of the levees.
(d) The engineer in charge or rerouting the river.

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

3. What had those living in the Plaquemenes done to protect their homes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita?
(a) Converted their homes into house boats.
(b) Sunk them deep into the mud.
(c) Lifted them up onto pilings.
(d) Torn them down and moved elsewhere.

4. How did Kolbert first learn of Devil’s Hole?
(a) A business trip to Nevada.
(b) In a grad course in college.
(c) A crime that was committed there that was considered a felony.
(d) From a television advertisement.

5. Why are Kolbert and Gates’ plans to meet cancelled?
(a) A huge storm cancelled their plans.
(b) Both women were too busy.
(c) The institute was under construction.
(d) Gates has lesions on her brain she hoped to have treated in Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the United States won a case against the developer, Cappaert Enterprises, who took over the land?

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

3. After a disastrous flood in what year, did the Army Corps of Engineers extend the levees?

4. What are Van Oppen and her students’ plans for coral?

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

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