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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the new era in which Kolbert says we live?
(a) Jurassic.
(b) Precambrian.
(c) Paleozoic.
(d) Anthropocene.

4. How deep is Devil’s Hole at its deepest?
(a) At least 1,500 feet deep.
(b) At least 5,000 feet deep.
(c) At least 500 feet deep.
(d) At least 50 feet deep.

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

6. How did Ruth Gates fall in love with the ocean?
(a) Growing up near the ocean.
(b) Summers spent by the sea.
(c) Classes at the zoo as a kid.
(d) Watching TV as a kid.

7. What is Kolbert expecting to see in the SeaSim in Townsville, Australia?
(a) Coral spawning.
(b) The changing of colors of coral.
(c) Small fish that live among the coral.
(d) Coral being put under strain.

8. How far do coral reefs stretch north and south of the equator?
(a) 50 miles.
(b) 30 degrees.
(c) 20 degrees.
(d) 30 miles.

9. Where does Kolbert stay for her last night in Nevada?
(a) A Native American reservation.
(b) The Venetian.
(c) The Paris.
(d) The Bellagio.

10. What does Kolbert find at LSU’s Center for River Studies?
(a) Photographs of the delta.
(b) A school of Asian carp.
(c) A model of the delta.
(d) Plans for reducing flooding in the delta.

11. When Manly and the others arrived at the edge of Death Valley, what did they think the fish were that they saw swimming in the cavern pool?
(a) Minnows.
(b) Goldfish.
(c) Pupfish.
(d) Carp.

12. How did Kolbert first learn of Devil’s Hole?
(a) A crime that was committed there that was considered a felony.
(b) In a grad course in college.
(c) From a television advertisement.
(d) A business trip to Nevada.

13. How much land mass has the Isle de Jean Charles lost since the 1950s?
(a) It has shrunk from thirty-five square miles to half a square mile.
(b) It has shrunk from thirty-five square miles to fifteen square miles.
(c) It has shrunk from thirty-five square miles to twenty-five square miles.
(d) It has shrunk from thirty-five square miles to five square miles.

14. 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 to support their own fisheries.
(d) They prefer fresh fish to frozen.

15. When was it determined that the Anthropocene Age began?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1880s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a NOT a technique listed by Kolbert to support species that were brought back from the brink of extinction?

2. What is NOT something that Kolbert says human domination over nature has caused?

3. What two events sped up the drop in pupfish numbers?

4. When are the eggs harvested and brought back to Devils Hole Jr.?

5. What is the name Kolbert gives for the ability for humans to now watch other species go extinct?

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