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

2. In Chapter 11, how close was the nearest eligible male rhino?
(a) 180 miles.
(b) 10,000 miles.
(c) 215 miles.
(d) 5,000 miles.

3. Of the world's eight species of bears, how many were categorized as vulnerable to extinction or endangered?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

4. In 1984, how many Sumatran rhinos were sent to zoos in the U.S.?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the Geological Society of America, how much land had people directly transformed?

3. When the author visited Reserve 1202, where was the graduate student from who was studying bats?

4. In Chapter 11, how many species of Rhino did the author say still existed?

5. In Chapter 11, what did Suci weigh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when bats hibernated?

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

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

4. How did the author describe One Tree Island?

5. What was Biosphere 2?

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

7. What was the Frozen Zoo?

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

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

10. Where did coral reefs grow?

(see the answer keys)

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