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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. In Kolbert’s observations in and near Chicago, Asian carp, when caught, are then processed into what?
(a) Pet food.
(b) Fertilizer.
(c) Gefilte fish.
(d) Fish patties.

2. Kolbert jumps to a day when she meets Alex Kolker, a professor at LSU, who has what as a side gig?
(a) Giving bike tours around New Orleans.
(b) Giving walking tours around New Orleans.
(c) Giving lectures at local libraries around New Orleans.
(d) Giving demonstrations to locals of how to protect their homes against flooding in New Orleans.

3. After a course on corals, Ruth Gates moved from where to Jamaica in 1985 to study corals and their symbionts?
(a) The U.S.
(b) England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Australia.

4. Kolbert moves onto a visit to the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure located how many miles upriver of Baton Rouge?
(a) 8 miles.
(b) 80 miles.
(c) 18 miles.
(d) 800 miles.

5. What is Kolbert expecting to see in the SeaSim in Townsville, Australia?
(a) Coral being put under strain.
(b) Coral spawning.
(c) Small fish that live among the coral.
(d) The changing of colors of coral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens if coral is unable to acquire new symbionts after a heatwave?

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

3. What does Kevin Irons, the assistant chief of fisheries at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, feel is the best way to control the carp population?

4. When did William Lewis Manly take a difficult journey west?

5. Where is Gates’ institution located?

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