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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Acropora millepora spawned, how many eggs would be in each egg-sperm bundle?
(a) 50.
(b) 15-20.
(c) 20-40.
(d) 30.

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

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

4. At BDFFP in Chapter 9, what bird species would cross road clearings?
(a) Yello-tufted woodpecker.
(b) Black-tailed tityra.
(c) White-crowned manakins.
(d) Scale-backed antbirds.

5. What was served for dinner on the first night of Hanukkah in Chapter 7?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Pig.
(c) Beef.
(d) Kangaroo meat.

6. What did Paabo's team received as an award for a paper they published in "Science" in May 2010?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $30,000.
(c) $75,000.
(d) $25,000.

7. 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.

8. How many trees did the author believe were growing on One Tree?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 500.
(d) 250.

9. In the 1960s, where did Ralph Solecki uncovered the remains of several Neanderthals in a cave?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Iran.

10. What was the second-largest coral reef located?
(a) Off the coast of Belize.
(b) Red Sea.
(c) Caribbean.
(d) Indian ocean.

11. 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) 45.
(b) 50.
(c) 35.
(d) 30.

12. In Chapter 8, how long had it taken Silman and the author to travel 50 miles?
(a) About a half a day.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) All day.
(d) 4 hours.

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

14. How many different species might be involved in building a coral reef?
(a) 500.
(b) 100.
(c) 35.
(d) 50.

15. From a single species of tree, how many species of beetles had entomologist Terry Erwin collected?
(a) 950.
(b) 814.
(c) 1,045.
(d) 789.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Silman teach?

2. In 2004, how many black-faced honeycreepers probably existed?

3. How far was it to walk from the research station on One Tree to DK-13?

4. When did Paabo announce his project to sequence the entire Neanderthal genome?

5. How many prey could a colony of army ants on the march consume per day?

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