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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Into the Wild: Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Manly and the others arrived at the edge of Death Valley, what did they think the fish were that they saw swimming in the cavern pool?
(a) Carp.
(b) Minnows.
(c) Goldfish.
(d) Pupfish.

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

3. After a disastrous flood in what year, did the Army Corps of Engineers extend the levees?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1827.
(d) 1917.

4. Why is one of the locals at the town hall meeting against the creation of holes in the levees?
(a) The holes will let in too much water.
(b) Anything man-made leads to trouble.
(c) There are not enough holes.
(d) The holes are only a short-term solution.

5. Where does Kolbert stay for her last night in Nevada?
(a) The Paris.
(b) The Venetian.
(c) The Bellagio.
(d) A Native American reservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is the land in the southern region of Louisiana compared?

2. After a week with Gates, how does Kolbert feel?

3. What two events sped up the drop in pupfish numbers?

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

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

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