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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time the author wrote Chapter 5, what was the current theory for the end-Ordovician extinction?
(a) Volcanic explosions.
(b) Asteroid impact.
(c) Glaciation.
(d) Flood.

2. When was the breeding season for auks?
(a) May and June.
(b) April and May.
(c) July.
(d) March.

3. In what zoo did herpetologist Paul Crump work?
(a) Houston.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Denver.
(d) Kansas City.

4. When did Europeans begin making regular voyages to Newfoundland?
(a) 18th century.
(b) 16th century.
(c) 17th century.
(d) 15th century.

5. How many illustrations of species were in "Graptolites in British Stratigraphy"?
(a) About 700.
(b) 435.
(c) More than 650.
(d) 550.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Walter Alvarez visit the Gola del Bottaccione?

3. How much did Icelanders pay in 1971 to buy the auk back?

4. When Lyell spoke in Boston, how many people tried to get tickets?

5. What color was the La Loma robber frog?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the frogs protected at the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center?

2. What did the great auk look like?

3. Where and how did extinction emerge as an idea?

4. How did Charles Lyell become a scientist?

5. Where was the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center located and what does it look like?

6. What does the town of El Valle De Anton look like?

7. What was Castello Aragonese?

8. What was Bd and how did it kill frogs?

9. Why did it seem logical that Walter Alvarez became a scientist?

10. How did Hall-Spencer work until he was able to get funding for his research?

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