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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Into the Wild: Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the term for when water bursts through a levee, whether man-made or natural?
(a) A water spout.
(b) A crevasse.
(c) A geyser.
(d) A creole.

2. Kolbert moves onto a visit to the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure located how many miles upriver of Baton Rouge?
(a) 18 miles.
(b) 800 miles.
(c) 80 miles.
(d) 8 miles.

3. Darwin’s ideas regarding evolution were first known as what?
(a) Transliteration.
(b) Transfiguration.
(c) Transgender.
(d) Transmutation.

4. After a disastrous flood in what year, did the Army Corps of Engineers extend the levees?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1827.

5. What animal does Darwin use to support his beliefs about evolution?
(a) Fancy-pigeons.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Gerbals.
(d) Lab rats.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did William Lewis Manly take a difficult journey west?

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

4. What is NOT something that Kolbert says human domination over nature has caused?

5. What could be used if a gene drive goes rogue?

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