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Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What advice did Darwin receive from his friends, with regard to Wallace's work?
(a) Publish an outline quickly.
(b) Credit Wallace and share the glory with him.
(c) To buy Wallace's notes from him, and pledge him to silence.
(d) To work with Wallace and publish a joint theory.

3. What had happened to the smaller reserves in Lovejoy's plan?
(a) They took longer to arrive at an equilibrium of species.
(b) They unraveled quickly.
(c) They swelled with species.
(d) They arrived at an equilibrium with a higher density than some larger reserves.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Quammen describe the indri?

2. What was Tasmania's environmental history, according to Quammen?

3. What literary term describes Quammen's use of the image of the Persian rug?

4. How does Quammen distinguish the Mauritius kestrel from other species that might need to be saved?

5. Where do the indri live?

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