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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 does Quammen say is distinctive about the indri?
(a) Its diet.
(b) Its fur.
(c) Its cry.
(d) Its method of reproducing.

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

3. Where is Krakatau?
(a) Japan.
(b) Malay Archipelago.
(c) Tunisia.
(d) Italy.

4. What kinds of animals did Philip Darlington look at?
(a) Reptiles.
(b) Birds.
(c) Insects.
(d) Mammals.

5. What did Frank Preston say made up the majority of species in any ecosystem?
(a) A large number of fairly common species.
(b) A few very common species.
(c) A few very rare species.
(d) A large number of small animals that served as food for a number of larger animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen use as an example of an island?

2. What did Frank Preston study?

3. What is the difference between an isolate and a sample?

4. When was the concept of the minimum viable population introduced?

5. Whose reactions does Quammen record, in relation to Bedo's death?

(see the answer key)

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