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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How wide was a volcanic crater mentioned by the author in Chapter I?
(a) Almost 4 feet.
(b) 3 feet.
(c) 2 feet.
(d) Nearly 5 feet.

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

3. When was the word "catastrophist" first coined?
(a) 1844.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1832.
(d) 1867.

4. When was the Alvarezes' paper "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction" published?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1981.

5. What color eyes does Kolbert's guide have who shows her around Dob's Linn?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Darwin write to Anton Dohrn, founder of a marine biological station at Castello Aragonese?

2. What tattoo did Edgardo Griffith have?

3. Where was Castello Aragonese located?

4. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?

5. From what country were Norway rats from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the frogs like that Darwin discovered in Chile?

2. What did the author see as she swam toward volcanic vents off Castello Aragonese?

3. What was Castello Aragonese?

4. What was the Gola del Botttaccione?

5. In Chapter 5, what rocks did Luis Alvarez study and what did he learn?

6. Where were the first mastodon bones found that were studied?

7. How difficult was it to find graptolites at Dob's Linn?

8. How did Luis Alvarez solve the debate over whether there were treasure-filled chambers inside Egypt's second-largest pyramid?

9. How was extinction dealt with before the end of the 18th century?

10. How were the frogs protected at the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center?

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