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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) 500.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 250.

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

3. In Chapter 7, by what percent did a study by Australian researchers find that the Great Barrier Reef had declined in the last thirty years?
(a) 45.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 50.

4. Where did evolution emerge as a concept?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

5. When Zalasiewicz asked colleagues during a luncheon meeting why they though of the term Anthropocene, how many thought the concept had merit?
(a) 21 out of 22.
(b) 32 out 38.
(c) 15 out of 18.
(d) 40 out of 51.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species of gastric-brooding frogs went extinct recently?

2. How close to Australia was One Tree Island?

3. Where was Dob's Linn located?

4. How many different species might be involved in building a coral reef?

5. How many species of native trees were found in Vermont?

(see the answer key)

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