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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. After a disastrous flood in what year, did the Army Corps of Engineers extend the levees?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1827.

2. When did William Lewis Manly take a difficult journey west?
(a) 1749.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1819.
(d) 1889.

3. After a week with Gates, how does Kolbert feel?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Inspired.

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

5. 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?
(a) Goldfish.
(b) Carp.
(c) Minnows.
(d) Pupfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 2, why does Kolbert fly in a small airplane?

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

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

4. Why was Manly’s trip west end up so arduous?

5. 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?

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