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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. How do scientists relate data from samples and isolates to larger areas?
(a) Prediction.
(b) Speculation.
(c) Interpolation.
(d) Extrapolation.

2. How does Quammen say islands are sometimes formed?
(a) Volcanic activity.
(b) Rise in sea level.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Seismic upthrust.

3. When does a species' dispersal ability become important, according to Quammen?
(a) When a species is threatened by new predators.
(b) When a species is forced to find new food sources.
(c) When an island loses all its life after a catastrophic event.
(d) When the species is isolated by mountain ranges or lakes.

4. What condition would help a species breed out harmful genes?
(a) Inbreeding.
(b) Exposure to many similar species.
(c) Widespread breeding.
(d) Isolation.

5. 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 greater the fertility of the soil, the greater the number of species.
(c) The longer the coastline the greater the number of species.
(d) The taller the highest point on the island, the greater the number of species.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Quammen say an island is?

3. What does Quammen use as an example of an island?

4. Why is Krakatau scientifically important?

5. What did Frank Preston study?

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