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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 Brodifacoum?
(a) A powerful cleaning and disinfecting product.
(b) An anticoagulant used to kill mice.
(c) An antibiotic used to heal sick animals.
(d) A trap used to catch cane toads.

2. What is NOT something that Kolbert says human domination over nature has caused?
(a) More species diversity and safer drinking water.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) Dammed and diverted rivers.
(d) Large amounts of nitrogen and carbon dioxide.

3. What is Kolbert expecting to see in the SeaSim in Townsville, Australia?
(a) Coral spawning.
(b) Coral being put under strain.
(c) Small fish that live among the coral.
(d) The changing of colors of coral.

4. In Down the River Chapter 1, what examples of metaphors does Elizabeth Kolbert give involving rivers?
(a) Rivers are metaphors for all the problems that humans have caused.
(b) Rivers are metaphors for depth, reflection, and life.
(c) Rivers are metaphors for pollution, destruction, and decay.
(d) Rivers are metaphors for loneliness.

5. According to Kolbert, why are mice perfect lab animals?
(a) They are cheap and easy to care for.
(b) They are clean and obedient.
(c) Their genetics are well known and studied.
(d) They are small and gentle.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a disastrous flood in what year, did the Army Corps of Engineers extend the levees?

2. How does Kolbert feel about the community of Isle de Jean Charles?

3. What problem is the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong, Australia trying to correct?

4. To what does Kolbert compare the bringing back of a species from the brink of extinction?

5. What does Kolbert find at LSU’s Center for River Studies?

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