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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 is the literary term for the final chapter?

2. What does Quammen say the indri's future looks like?

3. When did the Mauritius kestrel population begin to decline?

4. What turnover rate did Wilson and MacArthur predict for Krakatau?

5. How did Quammen get to Aru?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Carl Jones save the Mauritius kestrel?

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

3. How does Quammen describe Bedo's death?

4. What experiment took place in the Florida Keys?

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

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

7. What was the practical example of species management Quammen cited from Texas?

8. What factors affected the populations on an island, according to 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?

9. What is the definition of 'viable' in Quammen's account?

10. How did Quammen get to Aru?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Debate the proposition that human beings have an obligation to conserve as much land as possible, and to keep as many species as possible safe from extinction due to human development.

Essay Topic 2

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 3

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

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