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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. What traits did sailors notice in animals on remote islands?
(a) They were smaller and harder to observe than their counterparts on land.
(b) They adapted more quickly to environmental changes than animals on larger land masses.
(c) They were unafraid of humans, and thus easy prey.
(d) They were more varied than species on land.

2. What was the consequence of the Simberloff and Abele article?
(a) A chaos as scientists didn't know which theory to believe.
(b) A raging debate about theory.
(c) A shift to a new theory about speciation.
(d) A return to the old paradigm of large reserves holding more species.

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

4. How long did Wilson and MacArthur predict it would take for species to reach equilibrium on Krakatau?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 75 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 100 years.

5. What were theories of species evolution based on in Wallace's time?
(a) Religion.
(b) Science.
(c) Superstition.
(d) Guesses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the first plants to arrive after the eruption of Krakatau?

2. What had happened to the smaller reserves in Lovejoy's plan?

3. What literary term describes Quammen's use of the image of the Persian rug?

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

5. What does a species have if it has high dispersal ability?

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