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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 two events sped up the drop in pupfish numbers?
(a) Regular above ground nuclear blasts and the pumping of water for a new community.
(b) Over-crowding of species and an overgrown fungus.
(c) Rising sea levels and air temperatures.
(d) An earthquake and drought.

2. Where is Gates’ institution located?
(a) Off the coast of Oahu, HI.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) In the Mohave.
(d) Off the coast of Sydney, Australia.

3. How much of the Caribbean coral disappeared in the 1980s?
(a) Over 1/2.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 90%.

4. How does Kolbert feel about the community of Isle de Jean Charles?
(a) She believes the community should move on and forget the island.
(b) She feels that they should have left years ago.
(c) She feels outrage for how they have been mistreated.
(d) She understands why no measures are being taken to save it, but she feels terrible for the residents.

5. 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?
(a) Carp.
(b) Goldfish.
(c) Minnows.
(d) Pupfish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Kolbert first learn of Devil’s Hole?

3. What event does Kolbert attend that is to bring awareness and interest in eating carp?

4. How deep is Devil’s Hole at its deepest?

5. What act led to the introduction of Asian carp?

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