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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many indri are living in the forests Quammen visited?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Tens.
(d) No one knows.

2. What was the species Quammen sought called by locals?
(a) Majib.
(b) Cenderwasih.
(c) Ranuren.
(d) Mistoquot.

3. What was going to happen to the species' habitat as the Texas plan was implemented?
(a) Habitat was going to be conserved at the edge of a development.
(b) Habitat was going to be paved over.
(c) Habitat was going to be divided.
(d) Habitat was going to be conserved but with development on three sides.

4. What does Quammen believe happened to Bedo?
(a) He made people uncomfortable being around white people a lot of the time.
(b) He made people angry by raising consciousness as he talked with people from many different walks of life.
(c) He made enemies among the hunters.
(d) He made people jealous with the money he was making as a guide.

5. What did William Newmark determine in his findings?
(a) That species proliferate differently in different kinds of ecosystems.
(b) That the number of species is less valuable than the number of predators in indicating the health of an ecosystem.
(c) That species count and reserve area correlated.
(d) That species count and reserve area are not always correlated.

6. What did Wilson and MacArthur argue influenced the number of species on an island?
(a) The altitude of its mountains.
(b) A natural rhythm of immigration and extinction.
(c) The fertility of the soil, or temperature of the water.
(d) The island's distance from the mainland.

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

8. How was the case of the muriqui different from the case of the Mauritius kestrel?
(a) The muriqui was a mammal, and did not reach sexual maturity until its third year.
(b) The muriqui was not an island species.
(c) The muriqui lived in forests that were valuable for their hardwoods.
(d) The muriqui had much smaller batches of offspring.

9. What distinguished this species for Quammen? Wallace had discovered it there a hundred years ago. Darwin had developed his theory of evolve from observing it. Englishmen had lost their fortunes hunting for specimens.
(a) Its feathers had been used for decorating hats in Europe for fifty years.
(b) Wallace had discovered it there a hundred years ago.
(c) Darwin had developed his theory of evolve from observing it.
(d) Englishmen had lost their fortunes hunting for specimens.

10. What is the tone of the ending of the book?
(a) Dread.
(b) Appreciative awe.
(c) Heart-wrenching beauty threatened by destruction.
(d) Nostalgia for the days of discovery.

11. What species did Quammen search for at Aru?
(a) Bird of Paradise.
(b) Kingbill.
(c) Muriqui.
(d) Green heron.

12. Whose reactions does Quammen record, in relation to Bedo's death?
(a) Poachers.
(b) Villagers.
(c) Hunters.
(d) Scientists.

13. Which theory is Quammen supporting when he cites the work of William Newmark?
(a) The single large reserve model.
(b) The keep reserves close together model.
(c) The keep reserves apart model.
(d) The many small reserves model.

14. How does Quammen describe Aru?
(a) Interconnected.
(b)
(c) Isolated.
(d) Urban.

15. What incident does Quammen relate at the end of chapter nine, "World in Pieces"?
(a) A thunderstorm rolling through in Mexico.
(b) Hiding from poachers in Tanzania.
(c) Being mugged in Brazil.
(d) Mourning Bedo in Mauritius.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Carl Jones protect the Mauritius kestrels when their population began to recover?

2. What was the result of the experiment Wilson and MacArthur undertook to prove their Krakatau hypothesis?

3. What did this species do in the location where Quammen was told to look for them?

4. What national disaster destroyed kestrel habitat in Mauritius?

5. How many individuals were thought to be required for long-term genetic adaptability?

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