1. To what does Kolbert compare the bringing back of a species from the brink of extinction?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) A heavenly miracle.
(c) God Syndrome.
(d) Stockholm Syndrome.

2. Who is Paul Thomas?
(a) A mouse research expert.
(b) An employee at Odin.
(c) A toad research expert.
(d) A CRISPR expert.

3. How are rodents often currently killed?
(a) Euthanasia.
(b) Through hunting.
(c) Traps.
(d) Poison.

4. What does Kolbert use to make yeast glow?
(a) A jellyfish gene.
(b) A lava lamp.
(c) Glow in the dark gel.
(d) Fluorescent light.

5. To what is the land in the southern region of Louisiana compared?
(a) Slime.
(b) A river of mud.
(c) Play-doh.
(d) Warm Jell-O.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Why was the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure created?

4. What do Tizard and his partner hope to accomplish regarding cane toad eggs?

5. What mammals were first experimented on with CRISPR and the gene drive?

(see the answer key)

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