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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. Why do people in Asia not want to buy Asian carp from the U.S.?
(a) They prefer to support their own fisheries.
(b) They do not realize American rivers have Asian carp.
(c) They prefer fresh fish to frozen.
(d) They do not trust American companies.

2. What is the name of the new era in which Kolbert says we live?
(a) Anthropocene.
(b) Paleozoic.
(c) Precambrian.
(d) Jurassic.

3. What is NOT one of the problems mentioned regarding cane toads?
(a) They eat almost anything.
(b) Their mating call is very annoying and loud.
(c) They multiple very quickly.
(d) They are toxic.

4. Kolbert moves onto a visit to the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure located how many miles upriver of Baton Rouge?
(a) 8 miles.
(b) 18 miles.
(c) 800 miles.
(d) 80 miles.

5. Darwin’s ideas regarding evolution were first known as what?
(a) Transmutation.
(b) Transfiguration.
(c) Transgender.
(d) Transliteration.

Short Answer Questions

1. When are the eggs harvested and brought back to Devils Hole Jr.?

2. Prior to the digging of the canal, Chicago’s waste ran into the Chicago River and into Lake Michigan, which led to what regular outbreaks?

3. Kolbert tells the reader that geothermal plants are relatively clean but do produce what gases?

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

5. Kolbert jumps to a day when she meets Alex Kolker, a professor at LSU, who has what as a side gig?

(see the answer key)

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