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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the market of El Valle offer besides embroidery and hats?
(a) Embalmed marmots.
(b) Green-frog figurines.
(c) Stuffed falcons.
(d) Golden-frog figurines.

2. What type of stone was in the jagged outcropping of Dob's Linn?
(a) Sandstone.
(b) Shale.
(c) Limestone.
(d) Granite.

3. What town about 100 miles north of Rome, might be described as a municipal fossil?
(a) Gubbio.
(b) Mengara.
(c) Monte Corona.
(d) Padule.

4. In Chapter 8, how long had it taken Silman and the author to travel 50 miles?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) All day.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) About a half a day.

5. In 1916, how many Japanese beetles were discovered near Riverton, New Jersey?
(a) 15.
(b) A hundred.
(c) 20.
(d) A dozen.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cohn-Haft and his colleagues banded birds across the reserve, how many did they band?

2. When was the tenth edition of Car Linnaeus' "Systema Naturae" published?

3. What did the call of the horned marsupial frog sound like?

4. When was it difficult to avoid stepping on frogs in Sierra Nevada?

5. How many hooks would Armannsson have on his line when he fished for cod?

(see the answer key)

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