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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were low-lying parts of New Orleans not abandoned to the water?
(a) It was not necessary.
(b) The locals fought to save their property.
(c) After the most recent hurricanes, they recovered on their own.
(d) It did not make sense politically.

2. What act led to the introduction of Asian carp?
(a) Nature Preservation Act.
(b) Return to Nature Act.
(c) Save the Fish Act.
(d) Clean Water Act.

3. With whom does Kolbert ride in a boat far down along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal?
(a) The United States Army Corps of Engineers.
(b) The Clean Water Act Organization.
(c) Rachel Carson.
(d) The Friends of the Chicago River.

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

5. Why is one of the locals at the town hall meeting against the creation of holes in the levees?
(a) There are not enough holes.
(b) The holes will let in too much water.
(c) Anything man-made leads to trouble.
(d) The holes are only a short-term solution.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Kolbert compare being hit by a jumping carp?

2. Why was electric shock chosen to deter the fish?

3. 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?

4. When the canal in Chicago reversed the flow of the river, into where did it eventually lead?

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

(see the answer key)

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