2. What belief of Darwin's has modern science disproved?
(a) That traits a parent acquires during its life are passed down to its young.
(b) That evolve tends toward the perfection of each species.
(c) That species can only react to their environmental conditions.
(d) That science would fill in all the missing links in the evolutionary chain.

3. How long after the eruption did it take for 271 species to be counted at Krakatau?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 25 years.

4. How does Quammen describe the komodo dragon's territory?
(a) As inseparable from the islands where it developed.
(b) As the whole history of its development in the ecosystem.
(c) As an island within an island.
(d) As any environment that satisfies its survival requirements.

5. What family does Quammen say hippopotamuses and deer belong to?
(a) Anamnia.
(b) Ungulates.
(c) Monorhina.
(d) Marsupials.

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

7. When does a species' dispersal ability become important, according to Quammen?
(a) When the species is isolated by mountain ranges or lakes.
(b) When a species is threatened by new predators.
(c) When a species is forced to find new food sources.
(d) When an island loses all its life after a catastrophic event.

8. When did Krakatau erupt?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1721.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1923.

9. How do scientists relate data from samples and isolates to larger areas?
(a) Speculation.
(b) Extrapolation.
(c) Interpolation.
(d) Prediction.

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

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

12. What assumption does Quammen make at the end of his introductory chapter?
(a) That people are willing to change their habits in order to save ecosystems.
(b) That people are outraged about the disappearance of species.
(c) That people are hungry for economic growth, even at the expense of ecosystems.
(d) That people don't know anything about his field.

13. When did the dodo go extinct?
(a) 20th century.
(b) 17th century.
(c) 19th century.
(d) 18th century.

14. What does Quammen say Wallace developed in South America?
(a) A clear vision of the profits to be made in providing scientists with specimens.
(b) A sharp eye for different traits in insects.
(c) A deep devotion to the science of zoology.
(d) A terrifying vision of the destruction of ecosystems.

15. What is Lovejoy's term for the ecological crisis?
(a) Catastrophic deterioration.
(b) Faunal collapse.
(c) Ecosystem decay.
(d) Relaxation to equilibrium.