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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Song of the Indri.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rule governs the relationship between the size of an island and the number of species it can support?
(a) The large the island, the greater the number of species.
(b) The longer the coastline the greater the number of species.
(c) The taller the highest point on the island, the greater the number of species.
(d) The greater the fertility of the soil, the greater the number of species.

2. What does Quammen say is distinctive about the indri?
(a) Its diet.
(b) Its cry.
(c) Its method of reproducing.
(d) Its fur.

3. When did Krakatau erupt?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1721.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1923.

4. What does Quammen say increases as individuals breed with genetically similar individuals?
(a) Hostility in breeding.
(b) Anxiety and reproductive complications.
(c) Birth defects.
(d) Congenital flaws.

5. What did Frank Preston study?
(a) Species divergence.
(b) Predator-prey relations.
(c) Species distribution.
(d) Adaptive radiation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a minimum viable population?

2. How does Quammen describe the indri?

3. How many indri are living in the forests Quammen visited?

4. What does Quammen describe about Bedo?

5. How does Quammen say islands are sometimes formed?

(see the answer key)

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