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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Up in the Air: Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens if coral is unable to acquire new symbionts after a heatwave?
(a) They grow lonely.
(b) They begin to shrink.
(c) They turn white.
(d) They starve to death.

2. To what island does Kolbert compare desert ecosystems?
(a) Galápagos.
(b) The Amazon.
(c) The Great Plains.
(d) The Arctic.

3. How does Kolbert feel about the community of Isle de Jean Charles?
(a) She feels that they should have left years ago.
(b) She understands why no measures are being taken to save it, but she feels terrible for the residents.
(c) She believes the community should move on and forget the island.
(d) She feels outrage for how they have been mistreated.

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

5. What is it called when the rock from underground is brought up to meet the carbon dioxide, rather than the other way around?
(a) Enhanced scrubbing.
(b) Chemical scrubbing.
(c) Chemical weathering.
(d) Enhanced weathering.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Manly and the others arrived at the edge of Death Valley, what did they think the fish were that they saw swimming in the cavern pool?

2. In Up in the Air: Chapter 1, Kolbert decides to support what type of service?

3. Which Dr. Suess book does Kolbert compare biological interventions?

4. What is NOT a reason given for why taking carbon dioxide out of a gas stream is difficult?

5. What are two examples that Keith gives for what people have done right, regarding the environment?

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