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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. Who is Bedo?
(a) Quammen's guide.
(b) An indri researcher.
(c) A local hunter.
(d) Someone Quammen met in the hotel.

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

3. Where is Krakatau?
(a) Malay Archipelago.
(b) Italy.
(c) Tunisia.
(d) Japan.

4. What is the difference between an isolate and a sample?
(a) A sample is only representative of itself.
(b) Samples are only statistically related to larger environments.
(c) An isolate does not have a relation with a larger area.
(d) Trends in an isolate can be applied to larger areas.

5. How many individuals were thought to be necessary to prevent harmful inbreeding?
(a) 500.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 200.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frank Preston say made up the majority of species in any ecosystem?

2. What does a species have if it has high dispersal ability?

3. How does Quammen say lizards probably arrived at Krakatau?

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

5. How does Quammen describe the komodo dragon's territory?

(see the answer key)

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