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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the late 1980s, where did an American herpetologist go and find only one single male golden toad?
(a) Honduras.
(b) Dominican Repulican.
(c) Costa Rica.
(d) Haiti.

2. How far was it to walk from the research station on One Tree to DK-13?
(a) 1/4 mile.
(b) About 1 1/2 miles.
(c) 1/2 mile.
(d) About a mile.

3. In Chapter 8, how long had it taken Silman and the author to travel 50 miles?
(a) About a half a day.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) All day.
(d) 4 hours.

4. On the Great Barrier Reef, how large were the sea cucumbers?
(a) Size of a swim tube.
(b) Size of a children's table.
(c) Size of bolster cushions.
(d) Size of cucumbers.

5. When was it believed that One Tree Island was created?
(a) 7,500 years ago.
(b) 3,500 years ago.
(c) 11,000 years ago.
(d) 4,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ken Caldeira do before becoming an atmospheric scientists?

2. How long a line did Armannsson use when he fished for cod?

3. When did Alvarez get a job at Berkeley?

4. When was the last auk killed?

5. Who first proposed that there had been five great mass extinctions during the history of life on Earth?

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