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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first proposed that there had been five great mass extinctions during the history of life on Earth?
(a) Smythe and Brandenburg.
(b) Roberts and Whitman.
(c) Wake and Vredenburg.
(d) Andrews and Pierson.

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

3. In Chapter I, where was a volcanic crater located that is mentioned by the author?
(a) Panama.
(b) Honduras.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Brazil.

4. What did the call of the horned marsupial frog sound like?
(a) Rain falling on a tin roof.
(b) Whistle.
(c) Popping of the cork of a champagne bottle.
(d) Popcorn popping.

5. Where was the first clue discovered as to what was killing off frogs around the world?
(a) National Zoo in Washington D.C.
(b) San Diego Zoo.
(c) Scientific expedition to Chile.
(d) Scientific expedition to Brazil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How wide was a volcanic crater mentioned by the author in Chapter I?

2. 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?

3. Worldwide, how many amphibians species had been identified?

4. Where did evolution emerge as a concept?

5. In what zoo did herpetologist Paul Crump work?

(see the answer key)

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