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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through World in Pieces.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was the thylacine killed off?
(a) Because invasive species competed more successfully for food.
(b) Because its eggs were collected by sailors.
(c) Because it preyed on colonists' sheep and was hunted.
(d) Because it lost its habitat to colonists.

3. What was the state of the muriqui population when Quammen visited Karen Strier?
(a) Highly endangered.
(b) Beginning to crash.
(c) Dwindling.
(d) Only a few individuals left.

4. What did Philip Darlington propose?
(a) A set of exceptions to this rule.
(b) A set of formula that measure biodiversity.
(c) A correction that makes this rule broadly applicable.
(d) A mathematical ratio between island area and number of species.

5. What is a sample?
(a) The set of interrelationships that govern a particular climate and ecosystem.
(b) The data that comes from studying an area, large or small.
(c) A defined area of a large system.
(d) The list of species in an area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen say is distinctive about the indri?

2. What was the special creation theory?

3. Who is Owen Griffiths?

4. What advice did Darwin receive from his friends, with regard to Wallace's work?

5. How would you describe Quammen's style?

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