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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 deep is Devil’s Hole at its deepest?
(a) At least 5,000 feet deep.
(b) At least 50 feet deep.
(c) At least 1,500 feet deep.
(d) At least 500 feet deep.

2. What is NOT a reason for why Devil’s Hole is a geological oddity?
(a) The cavern is narrow in some areas and very deep in others, much like a swimming pool.
(b) The fish were washed here when the whole area had more water and have never been able to leave.
(c) The pupfish have evolved to survive in the harsh conditions of Devils Hole.
(d) It holds water left over from the Pleistocene age.

3. What was Klaus Lackner hired to study in the 1970s, which was supposed to be the answer to the emissions problem?
(a) Fusion.
(b) Fossil fuels.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Negative emissions.

4. What problem is the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong, Australia trying to correct?
(a) Deforestation.
(b) Severe drought and wildfires.
(c) Non-native and invasive species of coral.
(d) The overpopulation of a non-native species of toad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kolbert moves onto a visit to the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure located how many miles upriver of Baton Rouge?

2. For how long might you be blind if cane toad poison gets in your eyes?

3. What two events sped up the drop in pupfish numbers?

4. When did William Lewis Manly take a difficult journey west?

5. What is the name of the new era in which Kolbert says we live?

(see the answer key)

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