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

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

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

4. In Chapter 11, how many species of Rhino did the author say still existed?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cohn-Haft and his colleagues banded birds across the reserve, how many did they band?

2. When was it believed that the Neanderthal vanished?

3. When was it believed that One Tree Island was created?

4. How many tree plots had Silman established to study climate change in the tropics?

5. At the time the author wrote Chapter 9, how much of the earth was ice-free?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author describe One Tree Island?

2. What was one bird species Cohn-Haft discovered through rigorous listening?

3. Why did Cohn-Haft believe that there were more species of birds in the Amazon than thirteen hundred?

4. How had the road BR-174 changed over the years?

5. In the 1950s, what led William Straus and Alexander Cave to believe that Neanderthals walked upright?

6. Where had Neanderthal bones been discovered after they were first discovered in Germany?

7. How did Terry Erwin count beetles in the late 1970s?

8. What was the white powder found on bats and that seemed to be killing them?

9. What was interesting about the Alzatea verticillata tree?

10. Where did coral reefs grow?

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