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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many species of gastric-brooding frogs went extinct recently?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

3. Where did evolution emerge as a concept?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

4. When was the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog first identified?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2012.

5. How many average-sized mice could be killed by the poison in the skin of one golden-frog?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 750.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what zoo did herpetologist Paul Crump work?

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

3. 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?

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

5. What tattoo did Edgardo Griffith have?

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