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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 surprising dispersal ability does Quammen say elephants have?
(a) Ability to swim long distances.
(b) Ability to be carried on wind currents.
(c) Ability to be carried in other animals' fur.
(d) Ability to go without water for weeks.

2. What had happened to the smaller reserves in Lovejoy's plan?
(a) They swelled with species.
(b) They unraveled quickly.
(c) They took longer to arrive at an equilibrium of species.
(d) They arrived at an equilibrium with a higher density than some larger reserves.

3. What does Michael Soule study?
(a) Tasmanian tigers.
(b) Birds in Guam.
(c) Lizards in the Gulf of California.
(d) Dodos.

4. How did Wallace put Darwin in a tough spot, according to Quammen?
(a) By publishing his theory first.
(b) By having used some of Darwin's observations in his own work.
(c) By telling him about his work.
(d) By having looked at Darwin's theories before he published his own.

5. What literary device describes the questions David Quammen asks about the rug?
(a) Leading question.
(b) Aopstrophe.
(c) Rhetorical question.
(d) Sarcasm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Quammen say typically collected insects?

2. What were Frank Preston's findings in plotting the distribution of species in island habitats?

3. What is a thylacine?

4. How did Wilson and MacArthur test their theory about recolonization?

5. Who is Philip Darlington?

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