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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1984, where were grains of shocked quartz found in a layer of clay?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Western Utah.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Eastern Montana.

2. When did Captain James Cook encounter the Great Barrier Reef?
(a) 1753.
(b) 1764.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1770.

3. Where did Suci, the Sumatran rhino, live?
(a) Denver Zoo.
(b) Cincinnati Zoo.
(c) Detroit Zoo.
(d) Kansas City Zoo.

4. How many species found in the vent-free zone near Castello Aragonese, disappeared in the pH 7.8 zone?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 3/8.
(d) 1/3.

5. At the time the author wrote Chapter 5, what was the current theory for the end-Ordovician extinction?
(a) Volcanic explosions.
(b) Asteroid impact.
(c) Glaciation.
(d) Flood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Suci's mother die?

3. Where was Castello Aragonese located?

4. What size was a skeleton discovered west of Buenos Aires?

5. What was the second-largest coral reef located?

(see the answer key)

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