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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. How would you describe Quammen's vocabulary?
(a) Off-hand.
(b) Familiar.
(c) Technical and precise.
(d) Sophisticated.

2. According to Jared Diamond, a nature reserve has to have what characteristics, in order to support a large number of species?
(a) Far away from human habitation.
(b) Large and near other reserves.
(c) On an island.
(d) Close to agricultural land.

3. How would you describe Quammen's style?
(a) Patient and thorough.
(b) Pedantic.
(c) Disjointed.
(d) Linear.

4. Why is Krakatau scientifically important?
(a) It is so isolated.
(b) It is just being populated now.
(c) It is an exception to most rules of population dispersal.
(d) It is a controlled experiment.

5. What did Wilson and MacArthur argue influenced the number of species on an island?
(a) The fertility of the soil, or temperature of the water.
(b) The altitude of its mountains.
(c) A natural rhythm of immigration and extinction.
(d) The island's distance from the mainland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen say about each of the pieces?

2. How does Quammen describe the indri?

3. What is an indri?

4. Which scientist compared animals on islands with their counterparts on larger landmasses?

5. How did sailors describe the dodo?

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