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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. When was it determined that the Anthropocene Age began?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 1880s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1930s.

2. 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?
(a) The engineer in charge of the electric fish barriers.
(b) The engineer in charge of cleaning the sewage canal.
(c) The engineer in charge of the levees.
(d) The engineer in charge or rerouting the river.

3. What is the term for when water bursts through a levee, whether man-made or natural?
(a) A creole.
(b) A water spout.
(c) A geyser.
(d) A crevasse.

4. How did Ruth Gates fall in love with the ocean?
(a) Growing up near the ocean.
(b) Classes at the zoo as a kid.
(c) Watching TV as a kid.
(d) Summers spent by the sea.

5. Each day at the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure, the gates are raised or lowered, depending on what?
(a) The weather report.
(b) The direction of the wind on any particular day.
(c) The amount of rain the region as received.
(d) The water level and activity on that particular day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Kaneohe Bay a prime location for studying and creating super coral?

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

3. How does Kolbert feel about the community of Isle de Jean Charles?

4. What is wrong with the Wood Screw Pumps in the twenty-four pumping stations that pump water out of the city?

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

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