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Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Wilson and MacArthur test their theory about recolonization?
(a) By studying data from the ancient city of Atlantis.
(b) By studying new volcanic islands in the South Seas.
(c) By returning year after year to a small island off Tasmania.
(d) By fumigating an island in the Florida Keys.

2. What is a thylacine?
(a) A kestrel.
(b) A crab.
(c) A Tasmanian tiger.
(d) A kangaroo.

3. Where is Krakatau?
(a) Japan.
(b) Malay Archipelago.
(c) Italy.
(d) Tunisia.

4. What does Quammen say about each of the pieces?
(a) They are nothing without the whole.
(b) They are each complete in themselves.
(c) They are complex and well made.
(d) They are unintelligible without the whole design.

5. What was Lovejoy's response to the questions Simberloff and Abele raised?
(a) He designed a controlled experiment of his own.
(b) He tried to keep nature reserves close to one another.
(c) He created smaller nature reserves.
(d) He created larger nature reserves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen say an island is?

2. How did sailors describe the dodo?

3. What population does Quammen compare with the thylacine population?

4. What is a sample?

5. How does Quammen find fault with other scientists studying extinctions?

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