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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure created?
(a) To redirect the flow of the Atchafalaya.
(b) To attempt to control the Old River.
(c) To dam up the water coming from the Mississippi River.
(d) To attempt to control a tributary of the Mississippi River called the Atchafalaya.

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

3. By the time 2016’s global bleaching event ended in 2017, what percentage of the Great Barrier Reef was affected?
(a) Over 75%.
(b) Over 50%.
(c) Over 90%.
(d) Just under 90%.

4. What event does Kolbert attend that is to bring awareness and interest in eating carp?
(a) ChefCarp.
(b) Carpapaloosa.
(c) Carp - All You Can Eat!
(d) CarpFest.

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

6. Why is the Kaneohe Bay a prime location for studying and creating super coral?
(a) It had been a sewage dumping ground but the reef started to revive on its own.
(b) It is filled with coral reefs.
(c) The coral population has only continued to grow.
(d) The coral has never suffered from bleaching.

7. In Down the River Chapter 1, what examples of metaphors does Elizabeth Kolbert give involving rivers?
(a) Rivers are metaphors for pollution, destruction, and decay.
(b) Rivers are metaphors for loneliness.
(c) Rivers are metaphors for depth, reflection, and life.
(d) Rivers are metaphors for all the problems that humans have caused.

8. What are CSOs?
(a) Centers for Sewage Output.
(b) Collection Systems Overflows.
(c) College of South Orleans.
(d) Combined Sewer Overflows.

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

10. What is a NOT a technique listed by Kolbert to support species that were brought back from the brink of extinction?
(a) Catch and release.
(b) Captive breeding.
(c) Managed burns.
(d) Supplemental feeding.

11. Why are Kolbert and Gates’ plans to meet cancelled?
(a) Gates has lesions on her brain she hoped to have treated in Mexico.
(b) A huge storm cancelled their plans.
(c) The institute was under construction.
(d) Both women were too busy.

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

13. What two drainage basins were linked with the reversal of the Chicago River and the creation of the Sanitary and Ship Canal?
(a) The Great Plains and the Great Lakes.
(b) The Mississippi River and Great Lakes.
(c) The Mississippi River and Chicago River.
(d) The Chicago River and Great Lakes.

14. How much of the Caribbean coral disappeared in the 1980s?
(a) Over 1/2.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 90%.
(d) 1/4.

15. After a disastrous flood in what year, did the Army Corps of Engineers extend the levees?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1920.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was it determined that the Anthropocene Age began?

2. What are Van Oppen and her students’ plans for coral?

3. What is NOT a reason for why Devil’s Hole is a geological oddity?

4. What is the scientific name for the Devil’s Hole pupfish?

5. How does Kolbert feel about the community of Isle de Jean Charles?

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