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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 a cave in Vermont, how many bat corpses piled up on the ground after they were affected by "Geomyces destructans"?
(a) Thousands.
(b) 450.
(c) 350.
(d) Hundreds.

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

3. How close to Australia was One Tree Island?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 75 miles.
(c) 5 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

4. How much did it cost to feed Suci ficus leaves a year?
(a) Nearly $100,000.
(b) About $50,000.
(c) $75,000.
(d) $85,000.

5. How much could poachers sell rhino horns on the black market?
(a) About $15,000 a pound.
(b) More than $20,000 a pound.
(c) $31,000 a pound.
(d) $11,000 a pound.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lyell visit Big Bone Lick and purchase teeth of a baby mastodon?

2. When did Suci's mother die?

3. In the 1970s, how many species of birds were discovered to live on One Tree?

4. In 1835, where did Darwin view a coral reef?

5. How many different species might be involved in building a coral reef?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did tree diversity vary around the world?

3. Where and when were the first Neanderthal bones discovered?

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

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

6. In Chapter 10, what introduced species could the author see on her lawn?

7. What did the One Tree Island Research Station consist of?

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

9. Why did Suci get an ultrasound in Chapter 11?

10. Who was the first European to encounter the Great Barrier Reef, and how did he come across it?

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