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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the indri live?
(a) Sri Lanka.
(b) Tasmania.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Madagascar.

2. What does Quammen say Wilson and MacArthur started with, as they developed their theories?
(a) Preston's species-area relationship.
(b) Data from Krakatau.
(c) Darwin's theory of the survival of the fittest.
(d) Darwin's theory of adaptation.

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

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

5. What does Quammen describe about Bedo?
(a) His departure from his homeland.
(b) His marriage.
(c) His research projects.
(d) His tragic death.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Jared Diamond, a nature reserve has to have what characteristics, in order to support a large number of species?

2. What factor did NOT cause the decline of the kestrel population?

3. What is the tone of the ending of the book?

4. What theory came from the research that had been performed in Aru?

5. How did Wilson and MacArthur test their theory about recolonization?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Quammen's argument circle back to its origins in chapter nine, "World in Pieces"?

2. What theory did Simberloff and Abele challenge in a 1976 article?

3. What conclusion dis scientists reach in the Texas case?

4. What experiment took place in the Florida Keys?

5. What did Simberloff and Abele propose as a result of their data?

6. What does Quammen say about applying the case of the Mauritius kestrel to other species?

7. How did Carl Jones save the Mauritius kestrel?

8. Who was Thomas Lovejoy, and what was his reaction to the debate Simberloff and Abele began?

9. How did Quammen get to Aru?

10. What is the concept of the minimum viable population?

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