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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the indri live?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Sri Lanka.
(c) Tasmania.
(d) Madagascar.

2. Where did the dodo nest?
(a) On the ground.
(b) In trees.
(c) In man-made structures.
(d) In burrows.

3. What is the genre of The Song of the Dodo?
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Prophecy.
(c) Non-fiction.
(d) Fiction.

4. What did Wilson and MacArthur say about the immigration of new species in an island ecosystem?
(a) That it depended on external events and compatibility of food sources.
(b) That it was a regular occurrence.
(c) That it typically only followed natural disasters like volcanoes erupting.
(d) That it depended on the defenses of the species already there. That it depended on external events and compatibility of food sources.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wilson and MacArthur argue influenced the number of species on an island?

2. What was the previous theory that governed speciation on islands?

3. Where did Wallace travel after the Amazon?

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

5. What does Lawrence Abele study?

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