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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 many indri are living in the forests Quammen visited?
(a) No one knows.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Tens.

2. What does Quammen describe about Bedo?
(a) His departure from his homeland.
(b) His tragic death.
(c) His marriage.
(d) His research projects.

3. What does Quammen believe happened to Bedo?
(a) He made people uncomfortable being around white people a lot of the time.
(b) He made people jealous with the money he was making as a guide.
(c) He made people angry by raising consciousness as he talked with people from many different walks of life.
(d) He made enemies among the hunters.

4. What does Quammen say was found to play a role in the minimum viable population?
(a) A species' genetic history.
(b) A species' environment.
(c) A species' breeding habits.
(d) A species' typical number of offspring.

5. What is an indri?
(a) A lemur.
(b) A horse.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A turtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first species to arrive in Krakatau after the eruption?

2. Who is Philip Darlington?

3. What does Quammen say an island is?

4. What rule governs the relationship between the size of an island and the number of species it can support?

5. How does Quammen say islands are sometimes formed?

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