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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 Acropora millepora spawned, how many sperm were in each egg-sperm bundle?
(a) 100s.
(b) 1,000s.
(c) 75.
(d) 150.

2. By the time it was learned that Sumatran rhinos could not just eat hay, how many were left in U.S. zoos?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. In 1835, where did Darwin view a coral reef?
(a) Australia.
(b) Moorea.
(c) Caribbean.
(d) Tahiti.

4. In the BDFFP's study plots, how many species of trees have been identified?
(a) 1,600.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 1,300.
(d) 1,400.

5. In Chapter 11, how many Javan rhinos were believed to be left?
(a) Less than 50.
(b) About 30.
(c) 22.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were bones discovered in a cave that gave the world the Neanderthal?

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

3. What was served for dinner on the first night of Hanukkah in Chapter 7?

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

5. When was the last known Javan rhino in Vietnam killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Biosphere 2?

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

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

4. How did the author decide to go to One Tree?

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

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

7. How did tree diversity vary around the world?

8. How did army ants differ from most other ants?

9. What did Suci eat at the zoo?

10. What was interesting about the Alzatea verticillata tree?

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