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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) Over-crowding of species and an overgrown fungus.
(b) An earthquake and drought.
(c) Rising sea levels and air temperatures.
(d) Regular above ground nuclear blasts and the pumping of water for a new community.

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

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

4. In Kolbert’s observations in and near Chicago, Asian carp, when caught, are then processed into what?
(a) Pet food.
(b) Gefilte fish.
(c) Fertilizer.
(d) Fish patties.

5. Why was electric shock chosen to deter the fish?
(a) It was the only suggestion given for keeping the fish out.
(b) It was the most environmentally-friendly option.
(c) It was the least expensive and seemed the most ethical.
(d) It was the fastest way to lower the number of fish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the United States won a case against the developer, Cappaert Enterprises, who took over the land?

3. Where does Kolbert stay for her last night in Nevada?

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. Each day at the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure, the gates are raised or lowered, depending on what?

(see the answer key)

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