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

2. Darwin’s ideas regarding evolution were first known as what?
(a) Transfiguration.
(b) Transgender.
(c) Transmutation.
(d) Transliteration.

3. After a week with Gates, how does Kolbert feel?
(a) Inspired.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

4. In Down the River Chapter 1, what examples of metaphors does Elizabeth Kolbert give involving rivers?
(a) Rivers are metaphors for depth, reflection, and life.
(b) Rivers are metaphors for loneliness.
(c) Rivers are metaphors for pollution, destruction, and decay.
(d) Rivers are metaphors for all the problems that humans have caused.

5. When the United States won a case against the developer, Cappaert Enterprises, who took over the land?
(a) The Fish and Game Service.
(b) The National Parks Department.
(c) The Fish and Wildlife Service.
(d) The Sierra Club.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Ruth Gates fall in love with the ocean?

4. What is wrong with the Wood Screw Pumps in the twenty-four pumping stations that pump water out of the city?

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

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