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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 is one of the locals at the town hall meeting against the creation of holes in the levees?
(a) Anything man-made leads to trouble.
(b) There are not enough holes.
(c) The holes will let in too much water.
(d) The holes are only a short-term solution.

2. What happened to an engineer in China who used CRISPR on a set of twins?
(a) He was exiled.
(b) He received the Nobel Peace prize.
(c) He was given funding for more studies.
(d) He was put under house arrest.

3. What problem does Joe Harvey mention to Kolbert?
(a) The sinking problem.
(b) The carp problem.
(c) The sewage problem.
(d) The flood problem.

4. Which Dr. Suess book does Kolbert compare biological interventions?
(a) The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.
(b) The Cat in the Hat.
(c) Horton Hears a Who.
(d) Fox in Sox.

5. Each day at the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure, the gates are raised or lowered, depending on what?
(a) The amount of rain the region as received.
(b) The weather report.
(c) The direction of the wind on any particular day.
(d) The water level and activity on that particular day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two species that Revive & Restore hope to resurrect?

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

3. How did Ruth Gates fall in love with the ocean?

4. What is Kolbert expecting to see in the SeaSim in Townsville, Australia?

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

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