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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What size was a skeleton discovered west of Buenos Aires?
(a) 15 feet long and 7 feet high.
(b) 9 feet long and 9 feet high.
(c) 12 feet long and 6 feet high.
(d) 10 feet long and 8 feet high.

3. Where did the HMS "Beagle" make its first stop?
(a) St. Jago.
(b) Mauritius.
(c) Tasmania.
(d) Argentina.

4. Where was Castello Aragonese located?
(a) 18 miles west of Naples.
(b) 8 miles west of Sorrento.
(c) 5 miles west of Sorrento.
(d) 18 miles east of Naples.

5. When the Alvarezes published their hypothesis, how many sites did they know of where the iridium layer was exposed?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

6. When Zalasiewicz asked colleagues during a luncheon meeting why they though of the term Anthropocene, how many thought the concept had merit?
(a) 32 out 38.
(b) 21 out of 22.
(c) 15 out of 18.
(d) 40 out of 51.

7. When did a volcanic eruption force the entire population of Ischia to take refuge on Castello Aragonese?
(a) 1460.
(b) 1411.
(c) 1302.
(d) 1312.

8. What type of stone was in the jagged outcropping of Dob's Linn?
(a) Shale.
(b) Limestone.
(c) Sandstone.
(d) Granite.

9. Where did evolution emerge as a concept?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

10. When was the tenth edition of Car Linnaeus' "Systema Naturae" published?
(a) 1758.
(b) 1736.
(c) 1764.
(d) 1794.

11. From what university were psychologist who recruited undergraduate students for an experiment about perception?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Brown.
(d) Yale.

12. How many hooks would Armannsson have on his line when he fished for cod?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 350.
(c) 450.
(d) 5,000.

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

14. How tall were adult auks?
(a) More than 2 1/2 feet tall.
(b) 4 feet tall.
(c) About 3 feet tall.
(d) 1 1/2 feet tall.

15. Where was the Jambato toad found in backyard gardens?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Chile.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Peru.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. When did Walter Alvarez visit the Gola del Bottaccione?

4. How wide was a volcanic crater mentioned by the author in Chapter I?

5. What did the market of El Valle offer besides embroidery and hats?

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