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

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

3. What does bleaching do to coral?
(a) It breaks down the relationship between coral and their symbionts.
(b) It detaches the symbionts from the coral.
(c) It kills the coral.
(d) It causes it to become brittle.

4. What is NOT a reason for why Devil’s Hole is a geological oddity?
(a) The fish were washed here when the whole area had more water and have never been able to leave.
(b) It holds water left over from the Pleistocene age.
(c) The cavern is narrow in some areas and very deep in others, much like a swimming pool.
(d) The pupfish have evolved to survive in the harsh conditions of Devils Hole.

5. When do Kolbert and Van Oppen meet?
(a) After a year of bleached coral.
(b) Almost a year after Gates’ death.
(c) When Kolbert first met Gates.
(d) At a conference for marine biologists.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Kolbert compare the bringing back of a species from the brink of extinction?

2. What is the term for when water bursts through a levee, whether man-made or natural?

3. Each day at the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure, the gates are raised or lowered, depending on what?

4. With whom does Kolbert ride in a boat far down along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal?

5. To what does Kolbert compare being hit by a jumping carp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is amazing about coral reefs?

6. What is the purpose of the model delta at the Center for River Studies?

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

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

9. How is Kolbert inspired by Gates?

10. What problems has human domination over nature caused, according to Kolbert?

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