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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Into the Wild: Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Kolbert and Gates’ plans to meet cancelled?
(a) Gates has lesions on her brain she hoped to have treated in Mexico.
(b) Both women were too busy.
(c) The institute was under construction.
(d) A huge storm cancelled their plans.

2. According to Kolbert, why are mice perfect lab animals?
(a) They are small and gentle.
(b) Their genetics are well known and studied.
(c) They are cheap and easy to care for.
(d) They are clean and obedient.

3. What is a NOT a technique listed by Kolbert to support species that were brought back from the brink of extinction?
(a) Supplemental feeding.
(b) Captive breeding.
(c) Catch and release.
(d) Managed burns.

4. What does Kolbert use to make yeast glow?
(a) A jellyfish gene.
(b) Glow in the dark gel.
(c) A lava lamp.
(d) Fluorescent light.

5. When did William Lewis Manly take a difficult journey west?
(a) 1819.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1749.
(d) 1849.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people in Asia not want to buy Asian carp from the U.S.?

2. What is a suppression drive?

3. What problem is the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong, Australia trying to correct?

4. What is the strongest argument for gene editing cane toads, house mice, and ship rats?

5. Where is Gates’ institution located?

(see the answer key)

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