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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 are the eggs harvested and brought back to Devils Hole Jr.?
(a) At the beginning of mating season.
(b) At the peak of season.
(c) At the end of mating season.
(d) In the off-season.

2. To what does Kolbert compare the bringing back of a species from the brink of extinction?
(a) A heavenly miracle.
(b) God Syndrome.
(c) Stockholm Syndrome.
(d) Reincarnation.

3. How many species are thought to live in reefs around the world?
(a) 10 - 20 million.
(b) 1 - 9 million.
(c) 10 - 90,000
(d) 15,000.

4. What are CSOs?
(a) Collection Systems Overflows.
(b) Centers for Sewage Output.
(c) College of South Orleans.
(d) Combined Sewer Overflows.

5. What animal does Darwin use to support his beliefs about evolution?
(a) Gerbals.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Lab rats.
(d) Fancy-pigeons.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What problem does Joe Harvey mention to Kolbert?

4. Where is Gates’ institution located?

5. Kolbert moves onto a visit to the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure located how many miles upriver of Baton Rouge?

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