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

2. What are two examples that Keith gives for what people have done right, regarding the environment?
(a) Creating recycling programs and making cleaner automobiles.
(b) Burning fossil fuels and digging for oil.
(c) Carpooling and public transportation.
(d) Agriculture and the saving of species like the tamarisk.

3. How far away is the stratosphere from the earth’s surface?
(a) Between 16-21 miles.
(b) Between 6-1,100 miles.
(c) Between 6,000 - 11,000 feet.
(d) Between 6-11 miles.

4. When Kolbert visits the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ location in Chicago soon after her cruise down the sewage canal, she meets with whom?
(a) The engineer in charge of the electric fish barriers.
(b) The engineer in charge or rerouting the river.
(c) The engineer in charge of the levees.
(d) The engineer in charge of cleaning the sewage canal.

5. Why were low-lying parts of New Orleans not abandoned to the water?
(a) The locals fought to save their property.
(b) It did not make sense politically.
(c) It was not necessary.
(d) After the most recent hurricanes, they recovered on their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. The premise behind solar geoengineering is that, if volcanoes naturally cool the earth, what can happen?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 2, why does Kolbert fly in a small airplane?

3. What is wrong with the Wood Screw Pumps in the twenty-four pumping stations that pump water out of the city?

4. Why was the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure created?

5. How do aerosol particles create cooler temperatures?

(see the answer key)

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