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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ken Caldeira do before becoming an atmospheric scientists?
(a) Software developer.
(b) Physician.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) School teacher.

2. When did Suci's mother die?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2007.

3. 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) 19.
(d) 22.

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

5. In a cave in Vermont, how many bat corpses piled up on the ground after they were affected by "Geomyces destructans"?
(a) 350.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Thousands.
(d) 450.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were bones discovered in a cave that gave the world the Neanderthal?

2. When the author visited Reserve 1202, where was the graduate student from who was studying bats?

3. Where did golden frogs lay their eggs?

4. When Europeans first landed on an island in Newfoundland, how many auk was it estimated were there?

5. What did Paabo's team received as an award for a paper they published in "Science" in May 2010?

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