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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 realized correctly that at the center of every atoll was what?
(a) An extinct volcano.
(b) A fault line.
(c) A continental Slope.
(d) A deep cavern.

2. How deep is Devil’s Hole at its deepest?
(a) At least 5,000 feet deep.
(b) At least 500 feet deep.
(c) At least 1,500 feet deep.
(d) At least 50 feet deep.

3. What is NOT something that Kolbert says human domination over nature has caused?
(a) More species diversity and safer drinking water.
(b) Dammed and diverted rivers.
(c) Large amounts of nitrogen and carbon dioxide.
(d) Earthquakes.

4. What are Van Oppen and her students’ plans for coral?
(a) Buy time until the world takes climate change more seriously.
(b) Keep the reefs from dying and shrinking any further.
(c) Revitalize the reefs that have been lost.
(d) Create new reefs and ecosystems.

5. What had those living in the Plaquemenes done to protect their homes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita?
(a) Sunk them deep into the mud.
(b) Torn them down and moved elsewhere.
(c) Lifted them up onto pilings.
(d) Converted their homes into house boats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prior to the digging of the canal, Chicago’s waste ran into the Chicago River and into Lake Michigan, which led to what regular outbreaks?

2. Why are Kolbert and Gates’ plans to meet cancelled?

3. When Kolbert visits the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ location in Chicago soon after her cruise down the sewage canal, she meets with whom?

4. To what is the land in the southern region of Louisiana compared?

5. To what does Kolbert compare the bringing back of a species from the brink of extinction?

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