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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Quammen say lizards probably arrived at Krakatau?
(a) They developed independently from amphibians there.
(b) Came with humans.
(c) Flew.
(d) Swam.

2. What theory did Dan Simberloff and Lawrence Abele challenge in an article?
(a) That small, widely separated nature reserves would support a wider variety of species than nearer reserves.
(b) That large nature reserves would support more species than several small ones.
(c) That species variety is the most important indicator of ecosystem health.
(d) That extinctions take place cyclically in any ecosystem.

3. What was the consequence of the Simberloff and Abele article?
(a) A chaos as scientists didn't know which theory to believe.
(b) A shift to a new theory about speciation.
(c) A raging debate about theory.
(d) A return to the old paradigm of large reserves holding more species.

4. What condition would help a species breed out harmful genes?
(a) Inbreeding.
(b) Exposure to many similar species.
(c) Widespread breeding.
(d) Isolation.

5. Where did the dodo nest?
(a) On the ground.
(b) In man-made structures.
(c) In burrows.
(d) In trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Bedo's reputation?

2. What environment is NOT analogous to an island, according to Quammen?

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

4. What was the state of the muriqui population when Quammen visited Karen Strier?

5. What did Wilson and MacArthur postulate according to Quammen?

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