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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. How does Quammen say lizards probably arrived at Krakatau?
(a) Flew.
(b) Swam.
(c) Came with humans.
(d) They developed independently from amphibians there.

2. When did Krakatau erupt?
(a) 1721.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1852.

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

4. When does Quammen say his field became a field of inquiry?
(a) With Alfred Wallace.
(b) With MacArthur and Wilson.
(c) With Quammen.
(d) With Darwin.

5. What is the tone of Quammen's writing in the opening chapter?
(a) Morose.
(b) Agitated.
(c) Familiar.
(d) Bellicose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen says Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace had in common?

2. Where is Krakatau?

3. What family does Quammen say hippopotamuses and deer belong to?

4. When does a species' dispersal ability become important, according to Quammen?

5. What belief of Darwin's has modern science disproved?

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