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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters I-II.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Worldwide, how many amphibians species had been identified?
(a) Just over 7,000.
(b) 3,500.
(c) About 5,000.
(d) 4,500.

3. What color was the La Loma robber frog?
(a) Orangey-red.
(b) Brownish-orange.
(c) Green and black.
(d) Reddish blue.

4. When did students begin returning from trips to Sierra Nevada empty-handed?
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1995.

5. When did Cuvier give the "mastodonte" its name in a paper he published?
(a) 1806.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1796.
(d) 1799.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did evolution emerge as a concept?

2. What did the market of El Valle offer besides embroidery and hats?

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

4. What did golden frogs look like when they walk?

5. How long after the author read an article about the five great mass extinctions that had occurred on the earth did she book a plane to Panama?

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