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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. What book does Kolbert say led to the introduction of Asian carp in U.S. rivers?
(a) Rachel The Control of Nature.
(b) Fish Are Our Friends.
(c) How to Control Non-Native Species.
(d) The evils of Pesticides.

2. With whom does Kolbert ride in a boat far down along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal?
(a) The United States Army Corps of Engineers.
(b) Rachel Carson.
(c) The Friends of the Chicago River.
(d) The Clean Water Act Organization.

3. How does Kolbert feel about the community of Isle de Jean Charles?
(a) She feels that they should have left years ago.
(b) She believes the community should move on and forget the island.
(c) She understands why no measures are being taken to save it, but she feels terrible for the residents.
(d) She feels outrage for how they have been mistreated.

4. In Up in the Air: Chapter 1, Kolbert decides to support what type of service?
(a) One that runs greenhouses on carbon dioxide emissions.
(b) One that sends diamonds into the stratosphere.
(c) One that sends SAILs into the stratosphere.
(d) One that scrubs carbon emissions from the air.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lackner and a friend, Christopher Wendt, met over beers and starting wondering what?

3. What are the main causes of the shrinkage of Isle de Jean Charles?

4. What is CRISPR?

5. What are Van Oppen and her students’ plans for coral?

(see the answer key)

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