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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Message From Aru.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Quammen get to Aru?
(a) Float plane.
(b) Tourist cruise to native transportation.
(c) By canoe.
(d) By foot.

2. What was the first species to arrive in Krakatau after the eruption?
(a) A crocodile.
(b) A snake.
(c) A bird.
(d) A spider.

3. What species did Quammen search for at Aru?
(a) Bird of Paradise.
(b) Kingbill.
(c) Green heron.
(d) Muriqui.

4. Where does Quammen say isolates can occur?
(a) Only on islands.
(b) Only in areas separated by steep mountains or deserts.
(c) On islands and on land.
(d) In the bottoms of lakes.

5. Where did Quammen go to study temrecs?
(a) Sri Lanka.
(b) Madagascar.
(c) Galapagos.
(d) New Zealand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tone of the final chapter?

2. What did Frank Preston study?

3. Who is Philip Darlington?

4. How many species of the animal Philip Darlington studied did an island of four square miles possess?

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

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