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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 had those living in the Plaquemenes done to protect their homes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita?
(a) Converted their homes into house boats.
(b) Sunk them deep into the mud.
(c) Torn them down and moved elsewhere.
(d) Lifted them up onto pilings.

2. What is NOT something that Kolbert says human domination over nature has caused?
(a) More species diversity and safer drinking water.
(b) Large amounts of nitrogen and carbon dioxide.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Dammed and diverted rivers.

3. Why was the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure created?
(a) To dam up the water coming from the Mississippi River.
(b) To attempt to control a tributary of the Mississippi River called the Atchafalaya.
(c) To redirect the flow of the Atchafalaya.
(d) To attempt to control the Old River.

4. In the beginning of Chapter 2, why does Kolbert fly in a small airplane?
(a) To fly from Chicago to New Orleans.
(b) To get from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
(c) To see the Chicago River from the sky.
(d) To get a bird’s eye view of the Plaquemines.

5. 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 feels outrage for how they have been mistreated.
(d) She believes the community should move on and forget the island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does Joe Harvey mention to Kolbert?

2. How much land mass has the Isle de Jean Charles lost since the 1950s?

3. What are the main causes of the shrinkage of Isle de Jean Charles?

4. What is Kolker’s prediction for New Orleans?

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

(see the answer key)

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