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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Elements of Chaos, "Wildfire" - "Unbreathable Air".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were evacuated from mainland China due to the Typhoon Mangkhut?
(a) 6.3 million.
(b) 2.45 million.
(c) 1.4 million.
(d) 400,000.

2. What was the population of New Orleans in 1960?
(a) 700,000.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 600,000.

3. What percentage of the world's methane emissions do freshwater lakes account for?
(a) 5%.
(b) 16%.
(c) 12%.
(d) 25%.

4. How many people were killed in the Chicago heat wave of 1995?
(a) 345.
(b) 739.
(c) 234.
(d) 2,342.

5. In the United States, leaks and theft account for an estimated loss of what percentage of freshwater?
(a) 5%.
(b) 12%.
(c) 16%.
(d) 34%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Donald Trump notoriously toss to members of a crowd during a press conference in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria?

2. When was Norman Borlaug born?

3. The author asserts in Part I: Cascades that the majority of carbon burning produced by humans has occurred since the premiere of what television show?

4. If we follow the path we are on today, the U.N. estimates that we are due for how many degrees of warming by 2100?

5. Who was elected president of Brazil in 2018?

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