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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hedgehog of the Amazon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Quammen say lizards probably arrived at Krakatau?
(a) Flew.
(b) Came with humans.
(c) Swam.
(d) They developed independently from amphibians there.

2. What literary device describes the questions David Quammen asks about the rug?
(a) Leading question.
(b) Rhetorical question.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Aopstrophe.

3. What does Quammen say Wallace developed in South America?
(a) A sharp eye for different traits in insects.
(b) A deep devotion to the science of zoology.
(c) A clear vision of the profits to be made in providing scientists with specimens.
(d) A terrifying vision of the destruction of ecosystems.

4. What important book did Robert McArthur and Edward Wilson publish in 1967?
(a) 'The Origin of Species'.
(b) 'The Theory of Island Biogeography'.
(c) 'The Selfish Gene'.
(d) 'The Mismeasure of Man'.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Philip Darlington propose?

2. Where did the dodo live?

3. What is the genre of The Song of the Dodo?

4. How did humans hurt the dodo population indirectly?

5. Which scientist compared animals on islands with their counterparts on larger landmasses?

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