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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. What is NOT a reason for why Devil’s Hole is a geological oddity?
(a) The pupfish have evolved to survive in the harsh conditions of Devils Hole.
(b) The fish were washed here when the whole area had more water and have never been able to leave.
(c) The cavern is narrow in some areas and very deep in others, much like a swimming pool.
(d) It holds water left over from the Pleistocene age.

2. What happens if coral is unable to acquire new symbionts after a heatwave?
(a) They grow lonely.
(b) They turn white.
(c) They starve to death.
(d) They begin to shrink.

3. Kolbert moves onto a visit to the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure located how many miles upriver of Baton Rouge?
(a) 800 miles.
(b) 80 miles.
(c) 8 miles.
(d) 18 miles.

4. In Kolbert’s observations in and near Chicago, Asian carp, when caught, are then processed into what?
(a) Gefilte fish.
(b) Fish patties.
(c) Pet food.
(d) Fertilizer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the scientific name for the Devil’s Hole pupfish?

2. How much land mass has the Isle de Jean Charles lost since the 1950s?

3. Why were low-lying parts of New Orleans not abandoned to the water?

4. How far away is a fake Devil’s Hole from the real one?

5. Why was electric shock chosen to deter the fish?

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