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

2. What are two species that Revive & Restore hope to resurrect?
(a) The passenger pigeon and the American chestnut tree.
(b) The dodo bird and the American chestnut tree.
(c) The passenger pigeon and the dodo bird.
(d) The dinosaur and the Woolley mammoth.

3. What is CRISPR?
(a) An air fryer.
(b) A series of genetic testing.
(c) A technique for breeding species.
(d) A collection of techniques used to make it easier to manipulate DNA.

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

5. How does Tizard hope to teach other animals to avoid the cane toads?
(a) Use the non-lethal toads to teach other animals that cane toads make you sick, so you should not eat them.
(b) Use glowing toads to scare away other species.
(c) Use small, foul-tasting toads to teach other species that these toads do not taste good.
(d) To show other species how scared and hard to find these toads are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Kolbert attend that is to bring awareness and interest in eating carp?

2. How did Kolbert first learn of Devil’s Hole?

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

4. Who does Tizard bring on to help with the details of toad experiments?

5. What did Lin Schwarzkopf help to invent?

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