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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kevin Irons, the assistant chief of fisheries at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, feel is the best way to control the carp population?
(a) Electrocution.
(b) Overfishing.
(c) Poison.
(d) Bubbles and loud noises.

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

4. In Kolbert’s observations in and near Chicago, Asian carp, when caught, are then processed into what?
(a) Gefilte fish.
(b) Fertilizer.
(c) Fish patties.
(d) Pet food.

5. What event does Kolbert attend that is to bring awareness and interest in eating carp?
(a) Carpapaloosa.
(b) CarpFest.
(c) ChefCarp.
(d) Carp - All You Can Eat!

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is wrong with the Wood Screw Pumps in the twenty-four pumping stations that pump water out of the city?

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

4. Why is one of the locals at the town hall meeting against the creation of holes in the levees?

5. 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?

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