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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III-IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did golden frogs lay their eggs?
(a) Sand dunes.
(b) Shallow running water.
(c) River banks.
(d) Shallow caves near creeks.

3. When were the golden-frogs in Sante Fe, effectively wiped out?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2004.

4. When Lyell's work was printed in a first run, how many copies were printed?
(a) 1,600.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 300.
(d) 45,000.

5. Where was the Icelandic Institute of Natural History located?
(a) Kopavogur.
(b) Njarovik.
(c) Akuyeyri.
(d) Reykjavik.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a second set of mastodon bones were found, where we they sent?

2. In 1984, where were grains of shocked quartz found in a layer of clay?

3. How many species of gastric-brooding frogs went extinct recently?

4. Where was Walter Alvarez's father a physicist?

5. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?

(see the answer key)

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