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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Up in the Air: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. For how long might you be blind if cane toad poison gets in your eyes?
(a) A few week.
(b) Permanently.
(c) A few days.
(d) A few hours.

4. Where do biologists like Tizard hope to get the power to spread genetic modifications throughout a species?
(a) Outlaw genes.
(b) Dominant genes.
(c) Rogue genes.
(d) Outliar genes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original name of New Orleans, as given by Kolbert in this book?

2. To what has gene-drive technology been compared?

3. What book does Kolbert say led to the introduction of Asian carp in U.S. rivers?

4. How far underground would carbon dioxide be injected?

5. What are CSOs?

(see the answer key)

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