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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 were the first plants to arrive after the eruption of Krakatau?
(a) Lichens.
(b) Grasses.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Mosses and ferns.

2. What does David Quammen invoke as he describes cutting the rug?
(a) The dissolution of the design.
(b) The despair of the threads.
(c) The outrage of the rug weavers.
(d) The joy of the scissors.

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

4. What is the Guam rail?
(a) A bird.
(b) A marsupial.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A dog.

5. What does Quammen use as an example of an island?
(a) The komodo dragon's territory.
(b) Yellowstone national park.
(c) Indonesia.
(d) Mountaintop ecosystems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an indri?

2. When does a species' dispersal ability become important, according to Quammen?

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

4. Why were people cutting down the forests in the place where Lovejoy implemented his plan?

5. What surprising dispersal ability does Quammen say elephants have?

(see the answer key)

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