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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 was the original name of New Orleans, as given by Kolbert in this book?
(a) Bulbancha.
(b) NOLA.
(c) L’Isle de la Nouvelle Orléans.
(d) L'isle de Duc de l'Orléans.

2. How many trees would have to be planted to remove a significant amount of carbon dioxide?
(a) A million.
(b) A billion.
(c) A trillion.
(d) 900,000 thousand.

3. What volcano erupted in 1815?
(a) Mount Everest.
(b) Mount Vesuvius.
(c) Mount Tambora.
(d) Mount Kilimanjaro

4. What is a NOT a technique listed by Kolbert to support species that were brought back from the brink of extinction?
(a) Supplemental feeding.
(b) Captive breeding.
(c) Catch and release.
(d) Managed burns.

5. What is Brodifacoum?
(a) A trap used to catch cane toads.
(b) A powerful cleaning and disinfecting product.
(c) An antibiotic used to heal sick animals.
(d) An anticoagulant used to kill mice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Each day at the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure, the gates are raised or lowered, depending on what?

2. Kolbert jumps to a day when she meets Alex Kolker, a professor at LSU, who has what as a side gig?

3. In Down the River Chapter 1, what examples of metaphors does Elizabeth Kolbert give involving rivers?

4. What problem is the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong, Australia trying to correct?

5. What two drainage basins were linked with the reversal of the Chicago River and the creation of the Sanitary and Ship Canal?

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