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

2. How many species of gastric-brooding frogs went extinct recently?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. In what zoo did herpetologist Paul Crump work?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Denver.
(d) Houston.

4. In Chapter I, where was a volcanic crater located that is mentioned by the author?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Honduras.
(c) Panama.
(d) Brazil.

5. How long were auk eggs?
(a) About 5 inches.
(b) About 3 inches.
(c) 4 inches.
(d) 6 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was it difficult to avoid stepping on frogs in Sierra Nevada?

2. What was the modern day name for the island where explorers once found auks?

3. Where was Castello Aragonese located?

4. In 1984, where were grains of shocked quartz found in a layer of clay?

5. Where was Dob's Linn located?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Luis Alvarez believe that iridium would help to clock the clay at Gubbio?

2. Where was the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center located and what does it look like?

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

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

5. When and how did it appear that the American mastodon became extinct?

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

7. How did Hall-Spencer work until he was able to get funding for his research?

8. What did Cuvier do at the Paris Museum of Natural History?

9. How did the creatures collected by Hall-Spencer and Buia reveal the destructive effect of the volcanic vents?

10. What does the town of El Valle De Anton look like?

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