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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 do people in Asia not want to buy Asian carp from the U.S.?
(a) They do not realize American rivers have Asian carp.
(b) They prefer fresh fish to frozen.
(c) They prefer to support their own fisheries.
(d) They do not trust American companies.

2. What book does Kolbert say led to the introduction of Asian carp in U.S. rivers?
(a) How to Control Non-Native Species.
(b) The evils of Pesticides.
(c) Fish Are Our Friends.
(d) Rachel The Control of Nature.

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

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

5. 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 understands why no measures are being taken to save it, but she feels terrible for the residents.
(c) She feels outrage for how they have been mistreated.
(d) She feels that they should have left years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were low-lying parts of New Orleans not abandoned to the water?

2. What is NOT something that Kolbert says human domination over nature has caused?

3. Kolbert moves onto a visit to the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure located how many miles upriver of Baton Rouge?

4. In Kolbert’s observations in and near Chicago, Asian carp, when caught, are then processed into what?

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

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