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

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

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

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

5. What was Carl Jones trying to rescue in Mauritius?
(a) A macaque.
(b) A kestrel.
(c) A crab.
(d) A komodo dragon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you describe Quammen's narrative of the dodo's decline and extinction?

2. Why was the thylacine killed off?

3. What is the relationship Quammen develops between the imaginary rug and ecosystems?

4. What question does Quammen say was debated for years after Darwin's theories were published?

5. What were theories of species evolution based on in Wallace's time?

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