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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were the first bats found that appeared to have been dipped in talcum powder?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2008.

2. By the early 1980s, how low was the population of Sumatran rhinos?
(a) A few hundred.
(b) Several thousand.
(c) 689.
(d) 432.

3. When did Lyell visit Big Bone Lick and purchase teeth of a baby mastodon?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1824.

4. In Chapter 11, what did Suci weigh?
(a) 1,507 pounds.
(b) 1,108 pounds.
(c) 1,709 pounds.
(d) 1,318 pounds.

5. When was it believed that One Tree Island was created?
(a) 3,500 years ago.
(b) 11,000 years ago.
(c) 7,500 years ago.
(d) 4,000 years ago.

6. How many species of army ants were found in the tropics?
(a) 45-50.
(b) Dozens.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) 50-60.

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

8. How big was One Tree Island?
(a) 600 x 400 feet.
(b) 700 by 300 feet.
(c) 750 by 150 feet.
(d) 800 x 200 feet.

9. How many miles separated Galapagos from the coast of South America?
(a) 450.
(b) 250.
(c) 350.
(d) 500.

10. How many Sumtran rhinos were born at the Cincinnati Zoo?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

11. How many acres of untouched rainforest were inside Reserve 1202?
(a) 20.
(b) 50.
(c) 75.
(d) 25.

12. In the northeastern United States, which bats were the first to go into hibernation?
(a) Canyon.
(b) Evening.
(c) Gray.
(d) Little browns.

13. How long was the debate about Darwin's theory in his 1842 book "The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs" debated?
(a) Until the 1930s.
(b) Until the mid-1800s.
(c) Until the 1940s.
(d) Until the 1950s.

14. When the author visited Reserve 1202, where was the graduate student from who was studying bats?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Chile.

15. In Chapter 7, by what percent did a study by Australian researchers find that the Great Barrier Reef had declined in the last thirty years?
(a) 50.
(b) 45.
(c) 30.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what color did the author say that the dirt was in Amazonas?

2. In the 1960s, where did Ralph Solecki uncovered the remains of several Neanderthals in a cave?

3. How tall did the Arctic willow grow on Ellesmere?

4. When Acropora millepora spawned, how many eggs would be in each egg-sperm bundle?

5. In 1984, how many Sumatran rhinos were sent to zoos in the U.S.?

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