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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 are the main causes of the shrinkage of Isle de Jean Charles?
(a) Flood control measures and oil industry digging.
(b) Multiple hurricanes.
(c) It is slowly sinking due to rising sea levels.
(d) The shore is lacking natural vegetation to keep soil in place.

2. How far do coral reefs stretch north and south of the equator?
(a) 20 degrees.
(b) 30 degrees.
(c) 30 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

3. To what island does Kolbert compare desert ecosystems?
(a) The Arctic.
(b) Galápagos.
(c) The Amazon.
(d) The Great Plains.

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

5. What is the name Kolbert gives for the ability for humans to now watch other species go extinct?
(a) An observable phenomena.
(b) A timeline to doomsday.
(c) A species travesty.
(d) A ticking time bomb to the world's end.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species are thought to live in reefs around the world?

2. What happens if coral is unable to acquire new symbionts after a heatwave?

3. When do Kolbert and Van Oppen meet?

4. What does bleaching do to coral?

5. How did Kolbert first learn of Devil’s Hole?

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