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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Up in the Air: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tizard hope to teach other animals to avoid the cane toads?
(a) Use the non-lethal toads to teach other animals that cane toads make you sick, so you should not eat them.
(b) Use small, foul-tasting toads to teach other species that these toads do not taste good.
(c) To show other species how scared and hard to find these toads are.
(d) Use glowing toads to scare away other species.

2. Who is Edda Aradóttir?
(a) A solar geoengineer hired by Bill Gates.
(b) One of the thermal engineers in Poland.
(c) The managing director of the geothermal plant.
(d) A friend of Kolbert’s.

3. What is Kolbert expecting to see in the SeaSim in Townsville, Australia?
(a) Small fish that live among the coral.
(b) Coral being put under strain.
(c) The changing of colors of coral.
(d) Coral spawning.

4. What is the strongest argument for gene editing cane toads, house mice, and ship rats?
(a) It is already in the works.
(b) It is a flawless solution.
(c) What is the alternative?
(d) It is inexpensive.

5. What do Tizard and his partner hope to accomplish regarding cane toad eggs?
(a) Make them edible.
(b) Make them less abundant.
(c) Make the eggs impossible to fertilize.
(d) Make them hard to swallow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country produces the most emissions?

2. Fifteen million tons of carbon dioxide were released by humans in 1776, while today that number is closer to what?

3. Who is Paul Thomas?

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

5. Why was Manly’s trip west end up so arduous?

(see the answer key)

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