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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall did the Arctic willow grow on Ellesmere?
(a) Knee high.
(b) Chest high.
(c) Waist high.
(d) As high as your ankle.

2. How old was Charles Darwin when he was invited to serve as a sort of gentleman's companion to the captain of the HMS "Beagle"?
(a) 20.
(b) 21.
(c) 22.
(d) 19.

3. What was on the ground at One Tree Island?
(a) Black dirt.
(b) Sand.
(c) Coral rubble.
(d) Lava stones.

4. How long did the uniformitarian account of extinction hold up?
(a) About 50 years.
(b) More than a century.
(c) 75 years.
(d) 115 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter I, where was a volcanic crater located that is mentioned by the author?

2. In Chapter 5, where was Luis Alvarez able to obtain rock samples?

3. What did Luis Alvarez decide to use to clock the clay in Gola del Bottaccione?

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

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

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