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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Up in the Air: Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a week with Gates, how does Kolbert feel?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Inspired.
(d) Nervous.

2. What happens if coral is unable to acquire new symbionts after a heatwave?
(a) They begin to shrink.
(b) They turn white.
(c) They starve to death.
(d) They grow lonely.

3. What did the cannibal snails cause in Hawaii?
(a) A tropical avalanche.
(b) An extinction spree.
(c) Mudslides.
(d) An extinction avalanche.

4. What is Project Iceworm?
(a) A tunnel built under the ice to study glacial ice.
(b) A plan to win the Cold War.
(c) A deep sea submarine used to study species at great depths.
(d) A ship designed to cut through glacial ice.

5. How are rodents often currently killed?
(a) Euthanasia.
(b) Traps.
(c) Poison.
(d) Through hunting.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Down the River Chapter 1, what examples of metaphors does Elizabeth Kolbert give involving rivers?

2. What happened to an engineer in China who used CRISPR on a set of twins?

3. What is CRISPR?

4. Why was Camp Century abandoned in 1967?

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

(see the answer key)

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