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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 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?
(a) Overfishing.
(b) Poison.
(c) Bubbles and loud noises.
(d) Electrocution.

2. To what does Kolbert compare being hit by a jumping carp?
(a) Being knocked out in a boxing ring.
(b) Being struck by a truck.
(c) Being smacked in the face.
(d) Being hit by a wiffle-ball bat.

3. What is Kolbert expecting to see in the SeaSim in Townsville, Australia?
(a) The changing of colors of coral.
(b) Small fish that live among the coral.
(c) Coral being put under strain.
(d) Coral spawning.

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

5. To what does Kolbert compare the bringing back of a species from the brink of extinction?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) A heavenly miracle.
(c) God Syndrome.
(d) Stockholm Syndrome.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure created?

3. In Kolbert’s observations in and near Chicago, Asian carp, when caught, are then processed into what?

4. What is the term for when water bursts through a levee, whether man-made or natural?

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

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