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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 species of the animal Philip Darlington studied did an island of four square miles possess?
(a) 2.
(b) 88.
(c) 217.
(d) 5.

2. What were the first plants to arrive after the eruption of Krakatau?
(a) Mosses and ferns.
(b) Grasses.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Lichens.

3. How many species would an island of 4,000 square miles have, according to Quammen?
(a) 400.
(b) 40.
(c) 271.
(d) 88.

4. What does Quammen say an island is?
(a) A fundamentally unique environment.
(b) A replica of other ecosystems.
(c) An isolate.
(d) A sample.

5. What does Quammen say the indri's future looks like?
(a) Likely extinction.
(b) Quammen says it is uncertain.
(c) Probable recovery.
(d) Expansion of territory and population.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a sample?

3. What family does Quammen say hippopotamuses and deer belong to?

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

5. Who is Philip Darlington?

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