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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 event does Kolbert attend that is to bring awareness and interest in eating carp?
(a) ChefCarp.
(b) Carp - All You Can Eat!
(c) Carpapaloosa.
(d) CarpFest.

2. When do Kolbert and Van Oppen meet?
(a) At a conference for marine biologists.
(b) When Kolbert first met Gates.
(c) Almost a year after Gates’ death.
(d) After a year of bleached coral.

3. 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?
(a) Typhoid and Cholera.
(b) Bird Flu and Swine Flu.
(c) Consumption and West Nile Virus.
(d) Scarlet Fever and Yellow Fever.

4. 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) Carp.
(b) Minnows.
(c) Pupfish.
(d) Goldfish.

5. Why is one of the locals at the town hall meeting against the creation of holes in the levees?
(a) There are not enough holes.
(b) Anything man-made leads to trouble.
(c) The holes will let in too much water.
(d) The holes are only a short-term solution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two events sped up the drop in pupfish numbers?

2. What book does Kolbert say led to the introduction of Asian carp in U.S. rivers?

3. When are the eggs harvested and brought back to Devils Hole Jr.?

4. With whom does Kolbert ride in a boat far down along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal?

5. Where does Kolbert stay for her last night in Nevada?

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