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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 does Quammen say makes animals smaller on islands?
(a) Larger food supply.
(b) Larger predators.
(c) Smaller food supply.
(d) Smaller territories.

2. How does Quammen describe the komodo dragon's territory?
(a) As an island within an island.
(b) As inseparable from the islands where it developed.
(c) As the whole history of its development in the ecosystem.
(d) As any environment that satisfies its survival requirements.

3. Where does Quammen say isolates can occur?
(a) On islands and on land.
(b) Only on islands.
(c) Only in areas separated by steep mountains or deserts.
(d) In the bottoms of lakes.

4. What was the first species to arrive in Krakatau after the eruption?
(a) A spider.
(b) A crocodile.
(c) A snake.
(d) A bird.

5. What surprising dispersal ability does Quammen say elephants have?
(a) Ability to go without water for weeks.
(b) Ability to swim long distances.
(c) Ability to be carried on wind currents.
(d) Ability to be carried in other animals' fur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an indri?

2. What does Quammen say the indri's future looks like?

3. What doe Quammen say about this rule?

4. How many species would an island of 4,000 square miles have, according to Quammen?

5. What were Frank Preston's findings in plotting the distribution of species in island habitats?

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