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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How big was each of Silman's tree plots?
(a) 2 1/2 acres.
(b) 1 acre.
(c) 3 1/2 acres.
(d) 3 acres.

2. How tall did the Arctic willow grow on Ellesmere?
(a) Knee high.
(b) As high as your ankle.
(c) Chest high.
(d) Waist high.

3. How far was it to walk from the research station on One Tree to DK-13?
(a) 1/4 mile.
(b) 1/2 mile.
(c) About 1 1/2 miles.
(d) About a mile.

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

5. What was the gestation period for a Sumatran rhino?
(a) 16 months.
(b) 14 months.
(c) 12 months.
(d) 11 months.

6. In Chapter 9, what color did the author say that the dirt was in Amazonas?
(a) Bright orange.
(b) Beige.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

7. At the time the author visited BDFFP, how many scientific papers had been written about the area?
(a) More than 500.
(b) About 800.
(c) 739.
(d) 612.

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

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

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

11. How much Neanderthal DNA did all non-Africans carry according to Paabo?
(a) 1 to 4 percent.
(b) 1.5 percent.
(c) 6 percent.
(d) 2 to 3 percent.

12. How many species of arthropods did Terry Erwin estimate lived in the tropics?
(a) 30 million.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 100,000.

13. When Cohn-Haft and his colleagues banded birds across the reserve, how many did they band?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 11,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 13,000.

14. What was Suci given while she had an ultrasound?
(a) Orange slices
(b) Apple slices.
(c) Hay.
(d) Banana.

15. In an average day, how many pounds of ficus leaves would Suci eat?
(a) 35.
(b) About 100.
(c) 15.
(d) About 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the statary phase when ants stay mostly in one place to raise a new generation, how long might the ants stay put?

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

3. How big was One Tree Island?

4. Where did Silman teach?

5. From a single species of tree, how many species of beetles had entomologist Terry Erwin collected?

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