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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When a second set of mastodon bones were found, where we they sent?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berne.
(c) London.
(d) Berlin.

4. According to Pascal Tassy, how many proboscidean species had been identified?
(a) 185.
(b) 165.
(c) 180.
(d) 170.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the late 1980s, where did an American herpetologist go and find only one single male golden toad?

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

3. What color was the La Loma robber frog?

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

5. Where did golden frogs lay their eggs?

(see the answer key)

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