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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 are CSOs?
(a) College of South Orleans.
(b) Centers for Sewage Output.
(c) Combined Sewer Overflows.
(d) Collection Systems Overflows.

2. Why is the Kaneohe Bay a prime location for studying and creating super coral?
(a) It had been a sewage dumping ground but the reef started to revive on its own.
(b) It is filled with coral reefs.
(c) The coral has never suffered from bleaching.
(d) The coral population has only continued to grow.

3. How does Kolbert feel about the community of Isle de Jean Charles?
(a) She feels that they should have left years ago.
(b) She feels outrage for how they have been mistreated.
(c) She understands why no measures are being taken to save it, but she feels terrible for the residents.
(d) She believes the community should move on and forget the island.

4. By the time 2016’s global bleaching event ended in 2017, what percentage of the Great Barrier Reef was affected?
(a) Over 90%.
(b) Over 75%.
(c) Just under 90%.
(d) Over 50%.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Manly and nearly how many argonauts gathered in Salt Lake City to travel together to gold country in northern California?

2. How far away is a fake Devil’s Hole from the real one?

3. What does Mark Tizard want the general population to know about genetic modification?

4. What act led to the introduction of Asian carp?

5. Who is Paul Thomas?

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