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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through So Huge A Bignes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Quammen go to study temrecs?
(a) Madagascar.
(b) Galapagos.
(c) Sri Lanka.
(d) New Zealand.

2. What tragedy struck Wallace on his return to England?
(a) He became sick and nearly died.
(b)
(c) Someone else arrived in England a few weeks before him with similar specimens.
(d) He lost his specimens and notes in a shipwreck.

3. When does Quammen say his field became a field of inquiry?
(a) With Quammen.
(b) With Alfred Wallace.
(c) With Darwin.
(d) With MacArthur and Wilson.

4. Who did Robert Bates work with?
(a) Quammen.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Darwin.

5. What evidence did Wallace site to suggest problems with the special creation theory?
(a) That some ecological niches went unfilled.
(b) That human beings could be found in every climate.
(c) That species had adapted to every different environment on earth.
(d) That when species were displaced, they sometimes thrived in the new territory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen say makes animals smaller on islands?

2. What does Quammen say Wallace developed in South America?

3. How many pieces does Quammen ask the reader to imagine the rug being cut into?

4. Who does Quammen say typically collected insects?

5. When does a species' dispersal ability become important, according to Quammen?

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