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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through So Huge A Bignes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Wallace travel after the Amazon?
(a) The Malay Archipelago.
(b) Galapagos islands.
(c) Palestine.
(d) Australia.

2. What does David Quammen invoke as he describes cutting the rug?
(a) The outrage of the rug weavers.
(b) The joy of the scissors.
(c) The despair of the threads.
(d) The dissolution of the design.

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

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

5. When does a species' dispersal ability become important, according to Quammen?
(a) When an island loses all its life after a catastrophic event.
(b) When a species is forced to find new food sources.
(c) When a species is threatened by new predators.
(d) When the species is isolated by mountain ranges or lakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Quammen say islands are sometimes formed?

2. What literary device describes the questions David Quammen asks about the rug?

3. What tragedy struck Wallace on his return to England?

4. Who did Robert Bates work with?

5. What is Quammen really describing as he imagines the hacked up rug?

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