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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 is wrong with the Wood Screw Pumps in the twenty-four pumping stations that pump water out of the city?
(a) They are difficult to replace.
(b) They are speeding up the sinking of the city.
(c) Many are broken and need to be fixed.
(d) They are not effective at keeping out water.

2. What problem does Joe Harvey mention to Kolbert?
(a) The sinking problem.
(b) The flood problem.
(c) The sewage problem.
(d) The carp problem.

3. What book does Kolbert say led to the introduction of Asian carp in U.S. rivers?
(a) How to Control Non-Native Species.
(b) Rachel The Control of Nature.
(c) The evils of Pesticides.
(d) Fish Are Our Friends.

4. Why were low-lying parts of New Orleans not abandoned to the water?
(a) After the most recent hurricanes, they recovered on their own.
(b) It did not make sense politically.
(c) It was not necessary.
(d) The locals fought to save their property.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When do Kolbert and Van Oppen meet?

3. How much land mass has the Isle de Jean Charles lost since the 1950s?

4. 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?

5. What is the name of the new era in which Kolbert says we live?

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