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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the first clue discovered as to what was killing off frogs around the world?
(a) Scientific expedition to Chile.
(b) San Diego Zoo.
(c) Scientific expedition to Brazil.
(d) National Zoo in Washington D.C.

2. When was the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog first identified?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2012.

3. From what country were Norway rats from?
(a) China.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Japan.
(d) Norway.

4. In Chapter 5, where was Luis Alvarez able to obtain rock samples?
(a) Siberia.
(b) Africa.
(c) China.
(d) Russia.

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

6. When were the first mastodon bones discovered that were subjected to scientific study?
(a) 1716.
(b) 1739.
(c) 1746.
(d) 1751.

7. 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?
(a) 4 days.
(b) About a week.
(c) 6 days.
(d) Few days.

8. Where did Darwin pick up volume two of Lyell's work?
(a) Chile.
(b) Montevideo.
(c) Galapagos Islands.
(d) New Zealand.

9. When were undergraduate students recruited for an experiment about perception?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1949.

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

11. According to Paul Crutzen, how much of the earth had been transformed by human activity?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 3/4.
(c) Between 1/3 and 1/2.
(d) About 1/4 to 1/3.

12. When did Walter Alvarez visit the Gola del Bottaccione?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1978.
(c) Early 1970s.
(d) Late 1970s.

13. In the late 1980s, where did an American herpetologist go and find only one single male golden toad?
(a) Honduras.
(b) Costa Rica.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Dominican Repulican.

14. Where did golden frogs lay their eggs?
(a) Shallow caves near creeks.
(b) Shallow running water.
(c) Sand dunes.
(d) River banks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Castello Aragonese located?

2. Where did Charles Lyell grow up?

3. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?

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

5. How many auk beaks were found in an ancient grave in Canada?

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