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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 were the first plants to arrive after the eruption of Krakatau?
(a) Grasses.
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) Lichens.
(d) Mosses and ferns.

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

3. What does Quammen says Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace had in common?
(a) They both found hostile responses to their work.
(b) They both studied island ecosystems.
(c) They both collected insects and primates.
(d) They both studied birds.

4. How does Quammen describe the efforts of other scientists?
(a) Pedantic.
(b) Insufficient.
(c) Partial.
(d) Holistic.

5. How many pieces does Quammen ask the reader to imagine the rug being cut into?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 144.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the special creation theory?

2. What surprising dispersal ability does Quammen say elephants have?

3. What is the literary term that describes Quammen's addressing the reader directly?

4. What evidence did Wallace site to suggest problems with the special creation theory?

5. Where is Krakatau?

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