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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XI-XIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were bones discovered in a cave that gave the world the Neanderthal?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1839.
(d) 1843.

2. How many average-sized mice could be killed by the poison in the skin of one golden-frog?
(a) 750.
(b) 500.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 1,000.

3. How big was each of Silman's tree plots?
(a) 2 1/2 acres.
(b) 1 acre.
(c) 3 1/2 acres.
(d) 3 acres.

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

5. When was the best time to take a bat census?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Crutzen publish "Geology of Mankind"?

2. 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?

3. How much would the temperature of a hibernating bat drop?

4. When was a nearly complete Neanderthal skeleton found in a cave in southern France?

5. How much could poachers sell rhino horns on the black market?

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