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

2. What is the genre of The Song of the Dodo?
(a) Fiction.
(b) Non-fiction.
(c) Prophecy.
(d) Fantasy.

3. Where is Krakatau?
(a) Italy.
(b) Tunisia.
(c) Japan.
(d) Malay Archipelago.

4. What is the first example Quammen cites of a species that has gone extinct?
(a) The dodo.
(b) The passenger pigeon in North America.
(c) The Manatee in Florida.
(d) The tiger in Bali.

5. How would you describe Quammen's vocabulary?
(a) Familiar.
(b) Off-hand.
(c) Technical and precise.
(d) Sophisticated.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the term that encompasses David Quammen's overall idea?

3. How does Quammen say lizards probably arrived at Krakatau?

4. What does Quammen interject into his historical narrative about ecosystem studies?

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

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