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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Europeans first landed on an island in Newfoundland, how many auk was it estimated were there?
(a) As many as 100,000 pairs.
(b) 10,000 pairs.
(c) About 50,000 pairs.
(d) 75,000 pairs.

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

3. Where did the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frogs lay their eggs?
(a) Marshy areas.
(b) Hedges.
(c) Hollow logs.
(d) Tree holes.

4. 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?
(a) 6 days.
(b) About a week.
(c) Few days.
(d) 4 days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the HMS "Beagle" make its first stop?

2. What size was a skeleton discovered west of Buenos Aires?

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

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

5. When was the word "catastrophist" first coined?

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