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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. Why was the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure created?
(a) To attempt to control a tributary of the Mississippi River called the Atchafalaya.
(b) To attempt to control the Old River.
(c) To redirect the flow of the Atchafalaya.
(d) To dam up the water coming from the Mississippi River.

2. What is wrong with the Wood Screw Pumps in the twenty-four pumping stations that pump water out of the city?
(a) They are not effective at keeping out water.
(b) Many are broken and need to be fixed.
(c) They are speeding up the sinking of the city.
(d) They are difficult to replace.

3. With whom does Kolbert ride in a boat far down along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal?
(a) The United States Army Corps of Engineers.
(b) The Clean Water Act Organization.
(c) The Friends of the Chicago River.
(d) Rachel Carson.

4. When the canal in Chicago reversed the flow of the river, into where did it eventually lead?
(a) The Gulf of Mexico.
(b) The Atlantic Ocean.
(c) The Pacific Ocean.
(d) The St. Lawrence River.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is NOT a reason for why Devil’s Hole is a geological oddity?

3. What does Kevin Irons, the assistant chief of fisheries at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, feel is the best way to control the carp population?

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

5. Why was electric shock chosen to deter the fish?

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