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1. In Down the River Chapter 1, what examples of metaphors does Elizabeth Kolbert give involving rivers?
Rivers are metaphors for depth, reflection, and life.
2. With whom does Kolbert ride in a boat far down along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal?
The Friends of the Chicago River.
3. What are CSOs?
Combined Sewer Overflows.
4. Prior to the digging of the canal, Chicago’s waste ran into the Chicago River and into Lake Michigan, which led to what regular outbreaks?
Typhoid and Cholera.
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