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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preston's Bell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Carl Jones trying to rescue in Mauritius?
(a) A kestrel.
(b) A komodo dragon.
(c) A crab.
(d) A macaque.

2. What population does Quammen compare with the thylacine population?
(a) The Komodo dragon.
(b) The passenger pigeon.
(c) The indigenous people of Tasmania.
(d) The dodo.

3. Where does Quammen say isolates can occur?
(a) In the bottoms of lakes.
(b) Only in areas separated by steep mountains or deserts.
(c) Only on islands.
(d) On islands and on land.

4. What is a thylacine?
(a) A kestrel.
(b) A kangaroo.
(c) A Tasmanian tiger.
(d) A crab.

5. What does Quammen say an island is?
(a) An isolate.
(b) A fundamentally unique environment.
(c) A sample.
(d) A replica of other ecosystems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What assumption does Quammen make at the end of his introductory chapter?

2. What were the first plants to arrive after the eruption of Krakatau?

3. What did the dodo eat?

4. What is the Guam rail?

5. What doe Quammen say about this rule?

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