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

2. To what does Kolbert compare being hit by a jumping carp?
(a) Being knocked out in a boxing ring.
(b) Being hit by a wiffle-ball bat.
(c) Being smacked in the face.
(d) Being struck by a truck.

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

4. What is Kolbert expecting to see in the SeaSim in Townsville, Australia?
(a) Small fish that live among the coral.
(b) Coral being put under strain.
(c) The changing of colors of coral.
(d) Coral spawning.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What are CSOs?

4. After a disastrous flood in what year, did the Army Corps of Engineers extend the levees?

5. What two events sped up the drop in pupfish numbers?

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