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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 is the scientific name for the Devil’s Hole pupfish?
(a) Cyprinodon diabolo.
(b) Cyprinodon diavolo.
(c) Cyprinodon morte.
(d) Cyprinodon diabolis.

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) They are speeding up the sinking of the city.
(c) They are difficult to replace.
(d) Many are broken and need to be fixed.

3. What problem does Joe Harvey mention to Kolbert?
(a) The carp problem.
(b) The sewage problem.
(c) The flood problem.
(d) The sinking problem.

4. In Down the River Chapter 1, what examples of metaphors does Elizabeth Kolbert give involving rivers?
(a) Rivers are metaphors for loneliness.
(b) Rivers are metaphors for pollution, destruction, and decay.
(c) Rivers are metaphors for all the problems that humans have caused.
(d) Rivers are metaphors for depth, reflection, and life.

5. In Kolbert’s observations in and near Chicago, Asian carp, when caught, are then processed into what?
(a) Fertilizer.
(b) Gefilte fish.
(c) Fish patties.
(d) Pet food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Van Oppen and her students’ plans for coral?

2. Where is Gates’ institution located?

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

4. What animal does Darwin use to support his beliefs about evolution?

5. What two drainage basins were linked with the reversal of the Chicago River and the creation of the Sanitary and Ship Canal?

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