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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. To what island does Kolbert compare desert ecosystems?
(a) The Great Plains.
(b) Galápagos.
(c) The Arctic.
(d) The Amazon.

2. When are the eggs harvested and brought back to Devils Hole Jr.?
(a) At the end of mating season.
(b) At the peak of season.
(c) In the off-season.
(d) At the beginning of mating season.

3. What is the name Kolbert gives for the ability for humans to now watch other species go extinct?
(a) A timeline to doomsday.
(b) An observable phenomena.
(c) A ticking time bomb to the world's end.
(d) A species travesty.

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

5. What act led to the introduction of Asian carp?
(a) Return to Nature Act.
(b) Nature Preservation Act.
(c) Save the Fish Act.
(d) Clean Water Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Kolbert and Gates’ plans to meet cancelled?

2. In Down the River Chapter 1, what examples of metaphors does Elizabeth Kolbert give involving rivers?

3. Why is one of the locals at the town hall meeting against the creation of holes in the levees?

4. What is NOT a reason for why Devil’s Hole is a geological oddity?

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

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