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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Alvarezes' paper "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction" published?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1979.

2. What type of frog can live in the Australian desert?
(a) Wood frog.
(b) Spring peppers.
(c) Tree frogs.
(d) Sandhill frog.

3. How wide was a volcanic crater mentioned by the author in Chapter I?
(a) 2 feet.
(b) Almost 4 feet.
(c) 3 feet.
(d) Nearly 5 feet.

4. What tattoo did Edgardo Griffith have?
(a) Toad skeleton.
(b) Star.
(c) Dragon.
(d) Skull and crossbones.

5. When the oceans emptied out, how many marine species were believed to have died off?
(a) 35 percent.
(b) 65 percent.
(c) 45 percent.
(d) 85 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tree plots had Silman established to study climate change in the tropics?

2. Who first proposed that there had been five great mass extinctions during the history of life on Earth?

3. When were the golden-frogs in Sante Fe, effectively wiped out?

4. What was the modern day name for the island where explorers once found auks?

5. How many species of native trees were found in Vermont?

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