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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. What surprising dispersal ability does Quammen say elephants have?
(a) Ability to swim long distances.
(b) Ability to be carried on wind currents.
(c) Ability to be carried in other animals' fur.
(d) Ability to go without water for weeks.

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

3. Where did Wallace travel after the Amazon?
(a) Australia.
(b) Galapagos islands.
(c) Palestine.
(d) The Malay Archipelago.

4. How would you describe Quammen's style?
(a) Patient and thorough.
(b) Linear.
(c) Disjointed.
(d) Pedantic.

5. What literary device describes the questions David Quammen asks about the rug?
(a) Aopstrophe.
(b) Leading question.
(c) Rhetorical question.
(d) Sarcasm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Quammen say lizards probably arrived at Krakatau?

2. Which scientist compared animals on islands with their counterparts on larger landmasses?

3. What is Lovejoy's term for the ecological crisis?

4. What traits did sailors notice in animals on remote islands?

5. How does Quammen say islands are sometimes formed?

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