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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. When are the eggs harvested and brought back to Devils Hole Jr.?
(a) At the end of mating season.
(b) In the off-season.
(c) At the beginning of mating season.
(d) At the peak of season.

2. In the beginning of Chapter 2, why does Kolbert fly in a small airplane?
(a) To see the Chicago River from the sky.
(b) To get a bird’s eye view of the Plaquemines.
(c) To fly from Chicago to New Orleans.
(d) To get from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.

3. What is Kolker’s prediction for New Orleans?
(a) It will eventually look more like an island.
(b) It will no longer look like a boot.
(c) It will eventually sink and disappear.
(d) It will eventually detach and float away.

4. What does Kolbert end the chapter wondering about all the burning trash, the acres of glass, the boxes of bumblebees, the vegetables raised on chemicals and captured carbon dioxide?
(a) Are there other plants like this one?
(b) Was it all totally cool or totally crazy?
(c) How can she get involved?
(d) How fast can this become reality everywhere?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the canal in Chicago reversed the flow of the river, into where did it eventually lead?

2. Why is one of the locals at the town hall meeting against the creation of holes in the levees?

3. What do Tizard and his partner hope to accomplish regarding cane toad eggs?

4. Are gene drives always beneficial for the species?

5. Why was Manly’s trip west end up so arduous?

(see the answer key)

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