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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. At BDFFP in Chapter 9, what bird species would cross road clearings?
(a) Black-tailed tityra.
(b) Scale-backed antbirds.
(c) White-crowned manakins.
(d) Yello-tufted woodpecker.

2. Who was the first scientist to test sensitivity of coral to the saturation state?
(a) Chris Langdon.
(b) William Wyatt.
(c) Peter Andrews.
(d) James Bryant.

3. What cyclone added a ridge on One Tree Island in March 2009?
(a) Arlene.
(b) Jose.
(c) Hamish.
(d) Rina.

4. When was a nearly complete Neanderthal skeleton found in a cave in southern France?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1903.

5. From a single species of tree, how many species of beetles had entomologist Terry Erwin collected?
(a) 950.
(b) 1,045.
(c) 814.
(d) 789.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much Neanderthal DNA did all non-Africans carry according to Paabo?

2. How long had BR-174 been paved in Chapter 9?

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

4. In the 1960s, where did Ralph Solecki uncovered the remains of several Neanderthals in a cave?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. As early as the 1840s what explanations had been proposed for the megafauna extinction?

4. How did the author describe the forest as they descended to Silman's tree plots in Chapter 8?

5. What happened when bats hibernated?

6. How were Silman's tree plots laid out?

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

8. How did the author describe One Tree Island?

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

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

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