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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cyclone added a ridge on One Tree Island in March 2009?
(a) Rina.
(b) Arlene.
(c) Hamish.
(d) Jose.

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

3. What did Luis Alvarez decide to use to clock the clay in Gola del Bottaccione?
(a) Uranium.
(b) Plutonium.
(c) Iridium.
(d) Radiometrics.

4. According to an old ballad, who was pushed over a precipice at Dob's Linn?
(a) A false lover.
(b) Devil.
(c) A small boy.
(d) Shepherd.

5. What color was the La Loma robber frog?
(a) Green and black.
(b) Orangey-red.
(c) Reddish blue.
(d) Brownish-orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was it difficult to avoid stepping on frogs in Sierra Nevada?

2. Where did Darwin pick up volume two of Lyell's work?

3. Where did the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frogs lay their eggs?

4. When did students begin returning from trips to Sierra Nevada empty-handed?

5. How many average-sized mice could be killed by the poison in the skin of one golden-frog?

(see the answer key)

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