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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Song of the Indri.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What family does Quammen say hippopotamuses and deer belong to?
(a) Marsupials.
(b) Anamnia.
(c) Ungulates.
(d) Monorhina.

2. What does Quammen say makes animals smaller on islands?
(a) Larger predators.
(b) Smaller food supply.
(c) Larger food supply.
(d) Smaller territories.

3. Who is Bedo?
(a) A local hunter.
(b) Someone Quammen met in the hotel.
(c) An indri researcher.
(d) Quammen's guide.

4. How does Quammen say islands are sometimes formed?
(a) Seismic upthrust.
(b) Volcanic activity.
(c) Rise in sea level.
(d) Earthquakes.

5. How do scientists relate data from samples and isolates to larger areas?
(a) Prediction.
(b) Speculation.
(c) Interpolation.
(d) Extrapolation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen say is distinctive about the indri?

2. What belief of Darwin's has modern science disproved?

3. What does Quammen believe happened to Bedo?

4. What rule governs the relationship between the size of an island and the number of species it can support?

5. What does Quammen say was found to play a role in the minimum viable population?

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