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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 NOT a reason for why Devil’s Hole is a geological oddity?
(a) The pupfish have evolved to survive in the harsh conditions of Devils Hole.
(b) It holds water left over from the Pleistocene age.
(c) The cavern is narrow in some areas and very deep in others, much like a swimming pool.
(d) The fish were washed here when the whole area had more water and have never been able to leave.

2. How much of the Caribbean coral disappeared in the 1980s?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 2/3.
(c) Over 1/2.
(d) 90%.

3. What two drainage basins were linked with the reversal of the Chicago River and the creation of the Sanitary and Ship Canal?
(a) The Mississippi River and Chicago River.
(b) The Mississippi River and Great Lakes.
(c) The Chicago River and Great Lakes.
(d) The Great Plains and the Great Lakes.

4. To what does Kolbert compare being hit by a jumping carp?
(a) Being hit by a wiffle-ball bat.
(b) Being struck by a truck.
(c) Being smacked in the face.
(d) Being knocked out in a boxing ring.

5. What act led to the introduction of Asian carp?
(a) Clean Water Act.
(b) Save the Fish Act.
(c) Return to Nature Act.
(d) Nature Preservation Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far do coral reefs stretch north and south of the equator?

2. What happens if coral is unable to acquire new symbionts after a heatwave?

3. Why are Kolbert and Gates’ plans to meet cancelled?

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?

5. Why were low-lying parts of New Orleans not abandoned to the water?

(see the answer key)

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