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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. Where is Gates’ institution located?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) In the Mohave.
(c) Off the coast of Sydney, Australia.
(d) Off the coast of Oahu, HI.

2. To what has gene-drive technology been compared?
(a) Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange.
(b) Steven King’s It.
(c) Kurt Vonnegut’s ice-nine.
(d) Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the strongest argument for gene editing cane toads, house mice, and ship rats?

2. What is the name of the new era in which Kolbert says we live?

3. When Kolbert visits the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ location in Chicago soon after her cruise down the sewage canal, she meets with whom?

4. What did Lin Schwarzkopf help to invent?

5. What was the original name of New Orleans, as given by Kolbert in this book?

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