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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. When was it determined that the Anthropocene Age began?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1930s.
(c) The 1880s.
(d) The 1980s.

2. Why are Kolbert and Gates’ plans to meet cancelled?
(a) A huge storm cancelled their plans.
(b) Gates has lesions on her brain she hoped to have treated in Mexico.
(c) Both women were too busy.
(d) The institute was under construction.

3. How did Ruth Gates fall in love with the ocean?
(a) Classes at the zoo as a kid.
(b) Summers spent by the sea.
(c) Watching TV as a kid.
(d) Growing up near the ocean.

4. How did Kolbert first learn of Devil’s Hole?
(a) A business trip to Nevada.
(b) In a grad course in college.
(c) A crime that was committed there that was considered a felony.
(d) From a television advertisement.

5. What was the original name of New Orleans, as given by Kolbert in this book?
(a) Bulbancha.
(b) NOLA.
(c) L'isle de Duc de l'Orléans.
(d) L’Isle de la Nouvelle Orléans.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Manly and the others arrived at the edge of Death Valley, what did they think the fish were that they saw swimming in the cavern pool?

2. What had those living in the Plaquemenes done to protect their homes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita?

3. What does Kolbert find at LSU’s Center for River Studies?

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

5. 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?

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