2. What belief of Darwin's has modern science disproved?
(a) That traits a parent acquires during its life are passed down to its young.
(b) That evolve tends toward the perfection of each species.
(c) That science would fill in all the missing links in the evolutionary chain.
(d) That species can only react to their environmental conditions.

3. What was Tasmania's environmental history, according to Quammen?
(a) It was isolated by a growing mountain range in India.
(b) It was separated from Australia by water.
(c) It experienced a catastrophic eruption that killed off everything on the island, before life returned slowly.
(d) It was formed by a volcano in the sea.

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

5. What is the genre of The Song of the Dodo?
(a) Non-fiction.
(b) Prophecy.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Fiction.

6. Who is Owen Griffiths?
(a) A bird researcher in Australia.
(b) A monkey researcher in Mauritius.
(c) An insect researcher in Madagascar.
(d) A sailor from the 18th century.

7. What is the literary term that describes Quammen's addressing the reader directly?
(a) Indirect discourse.
(b) Personification.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Symbolism.

8. What does a species have if it has high dispersal ability?
(a) The ability to adapt to new environmental conditions.
(b) The ability to withstand great environmental changes.
(c) The ability to change their environment to suit their own traits.
(d) The ability to move from place to place.

9. How long after the eruption did it take for 271 species to be counted at Krakatau?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

11. What function does the first chapter serve?
(a) Introduction.
(b) Explanation.
(c) Prophecy.
(d) Prediction.

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

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

14. Who does Quammen say typically collected insects?
(a) Ambitious young Americans.
(b) Wealthy Brits.
(c) The most devoted scientists.
(d) Hunters in the Amazon.

15. Who is Philip Darlington?
(a) A writer.
(b) A biologist.
(c) A sailor.
(d) A mathematician.