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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Song of the Indri.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What family does Quammen say hippopotamuses and deer belong to?
(a) Ungulates.
(b) Anamnia.
(c) Marsupials.
(d) Monorhina.

2. What data does William Newmark look at in his studies?
(a) Species census in U.S. natural reserves.
(b) Wildlife sightings in natural parks.
(c) Fisheries census.
(d) Bird sightings in U.S. migrations.

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

4. How does Quammen describe the komodo dragon's territory?
(a) As any environment that satisfies its survival requirements.
(b) As an island within an island.
(c) As inseparable from the islands where it developed.
(d) As the whole history of its development in the ecosystem.

5. What does Quammen say is distinctive about the indri?
(a) Its diet.
(b) Its method of reproducing.
(c) Its cry.
(d) Its fur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lovejoy's response to the questions Simberloff and Abele raised?

2. When does Quammen say his field became a field of inquiry?

3. What was the special creation theory?

4. What does Quammen use as an example of an island?

5. What is the difference between an isolate and a sample?

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