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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hedgehog of the Amazon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after the eruption did it take for 271 species to be counted at Krakatau?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 50 years.

2. Where did the dodo live?
(a) Madagascar.
(b) Galapagos Islands.
(c) Sri Lanka.
(d) Mauritius.

3. What does Quammen say about Wilson and Macarthur's 'The Theory of Island Biogeography'?
(a) It was doubted at the time it was published.
(b) It was practically unnoticed.
(c) It was a book that changed things.
(d) Its effect was not felt for years.

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

5. What was Lovejoy's strategy in his plan?
(a) To exterminate all animals in an area and study how the area was repopulated.
(b) To import animals into nature reserves.
(c) To diminish the size of nature reserves and track the number of species over time.
(d) Count the number of species in rainforest islands.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species would an island of 4,000 square miles have, according to Quammen?

2. Why were people cutting down the forests in the place where Lovejoy implemented his plan?

3. What tragedy struck Wallace on his return to England?

4. What was Carl Jones trying to rescue in Mauritius?

5. What did Wilson show Quammen when the two men visited?

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