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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. Where was Bardsey Island located?
(a) Wales.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Britain.
(d) Scotland.

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

3. What did Suci weigh at birth?
(a) 70 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 85 pounds.
(d) 50 pounds.

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

5. How far was it to walk from the research station on One Tree to DK-13?
(a) About a mile.
(b) 1/2 mile.
(c) About 1 1/2 miles.
(d) 1/4 mile.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the best time to hear birds in the Amazon?

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

3. What was the second-largest coral reef located?

4. Of the world's eight species of bears, how many were categorized as vulnerable to extinction or endangered?

5. How many acres of untouched rainforest were inside Reserve 1202?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are some theories for why the alala became extinct in the wild?

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

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

5. What was Cohn-Haft's job when he first worked at Reserve 1202?

6. What were the hobbits?

7. How did tree diversity vary around the world?

8. Why did the Sumatran rhino species nearly become extinct?

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

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

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