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

2. What does Kevin Irons, the assistant chief of fisheries at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, feel is the best way to control the carp population?
(a) Overfishing.
(b) Electrocution.
(c) Bubbles and loud noises.
(d) Poison.

3. What is the main genetic modification plan for the cane toads in the lab?
(a) To make them non-toxic.
(b) To make them more particular about what they eat.
(c) To make them smaller.
(d) To make them glow in the dark.

4. How did Kolbert first learn of Devil’s Hole?
(a) From a television advertisement.
(b) A business trip to Nevada.
(c) In a grad course in college.
(d) A crime that was committed there that was considered a felony.

5. What does bleaching do to coral?
(a) It breaks down the relationship between coral and their symbionts.
(b) It detaches the symbionts from the coral.
(c) It kills the coral.
(d) It causes it to become brittle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name Kolbert gives for the ability for humans to now watch other species go extinct?

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

3. When do Kolbert and Van Oppen meet?

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

5. How many species of birds has the Pacific rat killed off?

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