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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. Why is Krakatau scientifically important?
(a) It is just being populated now.
(b) It is an exception to most rules of population dispersal.
(c) It is so isolated.
(d) It is a controlled experiment.

2. What is the first example Quammen cites of a species that has gone extinct?
(a) The passenger pigeon in North America.
(b) The Manatee in Florida.
(c) The dodo.
(d) The tiger in Bali.

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

4. How does Quammen find fault with other scientists studying extinctions?
(a) By saying that their fundamental premises were ungrounded.
(b) By saying that their vocabulary is insufficient to the problems.
(c) By saying that their nostalgia clouds their findings.
(d) By saying that they have only been talking to each other.

5. When does a species' dispersal ability become important, according to Quammen?
(a) When the species is isolated by mountain ranges or lakes.
(b) When a species is threatened by new predators.
(c) When an island loses all its life after a catastrophic event.
(d) When a species is forced to find new food sources.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Quammen go to study temrecs?

2. What does Quammen say Wallace developed in South America?

3. What does Quammen say makes his field important?

4. What does Quammen say about each of the pieces?

5. What is Quammen really describing as he imagines the hacked up rug?

(see the answer key)

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