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

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

3. Kolbert jumps to a day when she meets Alex Kolker, a professor at LSU, who has what as a side gig?
(a) Giving walking tours around New Orleans.
(b) Giving lectures at local libraries around New Orleans.
(c) Giving bike tours around New Orleans.
(d) Giving demonstrations to locals of how to protect their homes against flooding in New Orleans.

4. 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) Over 90%.
(d) Just under 90%.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Kolbert’s observations in and near Chicago, Asian carp, when caught, are then processed into what?

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

3. Why were low-lying parts of New Orleans not abandoned to the water?

4. When the canal in Chicago reversed the flow of the river, into where did it eventually lead?

5. What does bleaching do to coral?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Van Oppen's relationship with her students?

2. What is the solution chosen for dealing with the Asian carp problem in and around Chicago?

3. What is the crime that was committed at Devils Hole?

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

5. Why were Asian carp brought over to the U.S.?

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

7. What is amazing about coral reefs?

8. What is the problem with Wood Screw Pumps?

9. How did the indigenous people of the New Orleans area deal with flooding versus the first European settlers?

10. How does Kolbert compare her stay at the Paris in Las Vegas to life for the pupfish in Devils Hole Jr.?

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