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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen say increases as individuals breed with genetically similar individuals?

2. Who is Thomas Lovejoy?

3. How does Quammen's tone change in the final chapter?

4. What data does William Newmark look at in his studies?

5. What is the central message of Quammen's book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What experiment took place in the Florida Keys?

2. How do genetics play a role in the minimum viable population?

3. How did Carl Jones save the Mauritius kestrel?

4. What is Quammen doing at the end of the book?

5. Why did Quammen choose Aru as the destination for his final chapter?

6. How does Quammen describe Bedo's death?

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

8. Where was Quammen sent, in order to find what he was looking for?

9. What was Quammen looking for at Aru?

10. What was the effect of 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography', according to Quammen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the scientific methods used to measure and assess island biogeography. What do we gain by way of insight and understanding? What patterns or trends does the data fail to account for?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate your own reading of 'The Song of the Dodo'--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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