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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many trees did the author believe were growing on One Tree?
(a) 5.
(b) 500.
(c) 1.
(d) 250.

2. What did the market of El Valle offer besides embroidery and hats?
(a) Green-frog figurines.
(b) Golden-frog figurines.
(c) Embalmed marmots.
(d) Stuffed falcons.

3. When did a volcanic eruption force the entire population of Ischia to take refuge on Castello Aragonese?
(a) 1411.
(b) 1460.
(c) 1302.
(d) 1312.

4. According to Paul Crutzen, how much of the earth had been transformed by human activity?
(a) Between 1/3 and 1/2.
(b) 3/4.
(c) 1/2.
(d) About 1/4 to 1/3.

5. What did Ken Caldeira do before becoming an atmospheric scientists?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Software developer.
(c) Physician.
(d) School teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Alvarezes' paper "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction" published?

2. When did Cuvier give the "mastodonte" its name in a paper he published?

3. What was on the ground at One Tree Island?

4. In the late 1980s, where did an American herpetologist go and find only one single male golden toad?

5. What was the second-largest coral reef located?

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