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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) Carp.
(c) Pupfish.
(d) Goldfish.

5. To what island does Kolbert compare desert ecosystems?
(a) The Amazon.
(b) The Arctic.
(c) Galápagos.
(d) The Great Plains.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Where does Kolbert stay for her last night in Nevada?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are crevasses, and why do a group of engineers want to create man-made ones?

2. What has happened to Isle de Jean Charles?

3. When do the majority of scientists believe the Anthropocene Age began?

4. How does Ruth Gates hope to aid the world's coral reefs?

5. What is amazing about coral reefs?

6. What have humans done to save species on the brink of extinction?

7. What do most of the Australians Kolbert spoke to think about the future of the Great Barrier Reef?

8. In what ways are those in the Chicago area trying to manage the carp problem?

9. How is Kolbert inspired by Gates?

10. What is William Lewis Manly's role in the discovery of Devils Hole?

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