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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Into the Wild: Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a NOT a technique listed by Kolbert to support species that were brought back from the brink of extinction?
(a) Catch and release.
(b) Captive breeding.
(c) Supplemental feeding.
(d) Managed burns.

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

3. 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 are only a short-term solution.
(c) Anything man-made leads to trouble.
(d) The holes will let in too much water.

4. To what is the land in the southern region of Louisiana compared?
(a) Warm Jell-O.
(b) A river of mud.
(c) Play-doh.
(d) Slime.

5. What is wrong with the Wood Screw Pumps in the twenty-four pumping stations that pump water out of the city?
(a) They are difficult to replace.
(b) They are not effective at keeping out water.
(c) Many are broken and need to be fixed.
(d) They are speeding up the sinking of the city.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the beginning of Chapter 2, why does Kolbert fly in a small airplane?

4. What animal does Darwin use to support his beliefs about evolution?

5. Manly and nearly how many argonauts gathered in Salt Lake City to travel together to gold country in northern California?

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