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

2. What is Kolker’s prediction for New Orleans?
(a) It will no longer look like a boot.
(b) It will eventually detach and float away.
(c) It will eventually look more like an island.
(d) It will eventually sink and disappear.

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

4. 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.

5. What is the term for when water bursts through a levee, whether man-made or natural?
(a) A water spout.
(b) A creole.
(c) A geyser.
(d) A crevasse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Kolbert say led to the introduction of Asian carp in U.S. rivers?

2. What problem does Joe Harvey mention to Kolbert?

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

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

5. How does Kolbert feel about the community of Isle de Jean Charles?

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