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Section 1: "Part One: Toxins in the Permafrost and Heat Rising All Around"

1. In the opening anecdote of the book, what escapes from the melting permafrost?
(a) SARS-CoV-2.
(b) Nuclear waste.
(c) Anthrax.
(d) Mercury.

2. In the opening analogy of the book, what is the melting permafrost being compared to?
(a) Racism.
(b) Denial of climate change.
(c) A "silent" earthquake.
(d) The 2016 election.

3. To whom is Wilkerson referring on page 4 when she describes someone as "a no-nonsense national figure overqualified by some estimates"?
(a) Donald Trump.
(b) Hillary Clinton.
(c) Barack Obama.
(d) Bernie Sanders.

4. According to Wilkerson, what constituency does the Republican Party represent?
(a) People whose first concern is the sovereignty of the United States.
(b) Humanitarians and the marginalized.
(c) Those who want to protect an older social order that benefits whites.
(d) Progressives and nativists.

5. On page 6, Wilkerson calls a financial crisis "cataclysmic." What kind of crisis was it?
(a) Creating the necessary conditions for a later event; a precondition.
(b) Overblown, lacking in substance.
(c) Protracted; drawn-out.
(d) Violent and overwhelming.

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