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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Bedo's reputation?
(a) A ladies man.
(b) A gadfly.
(c) An indispensable help.
(d) A nuisance.

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

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

5. What was Lovejoy's response to the questions Simberloff and Abele raised?
(a) He designed a controlled experiment of his own.
(b) He created smaller nature reserves.
(c) He created larger nature reserves.
(d) He tried to keep nature reserves close to one another.

6. How does Quammen describe Aru?
(a)
(b) Urban.
(c) Isolated.
(d) Interconnected.

7. Which theory is Quammen supporting when he cites the work of William Newmark?
(a) The keep reserves apart model.
(b) The keep reserves close together model.
(c) The single large reserve model.
(d) The many small reserves model.

8. What environment is NOT analogous to an island, according to Quammen?
(a) Mountaintop.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Cave.
(d) Lake.

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

10. Who confirmed to Quammen that this site in fact existed?
(a) His graduate assistant.
(b) Natives.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Researchers on the island.

11. What is the tone of the ending of the book?
(a) Heart-wrenching beauty threatened by destruction.
(b) Nostalgia for the days of discovery.
(c) Dread.
(d) Appreciative awe.

12. What strategy was Karen Strier opposed to using, for preserving the muriqui population?
(a) Hunting down poachers.
(b) Breeding the muriqui in captivity.
(c) Imposing limits on environmental encroachment.
(d) Relocating some families. Working with the muriqui families on an individual basis.

13. How long did Wilson and MacArthur predict it would take for species to reach equilibrium on Krakatau?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 75 years.

14. How was the case of the muriqui different from the case of the Mauritius kestrel?
(a) The muriqui was a mammal, and did not reach sexual maturity until its third year.
(b) The muriqui was not an island species.
(c) The muriqui lived in forests that were valuable for their hardwoods.
(d) The muriqui had much smaller batches of offspring.

15. What human actions make island biogeography applicable in this new location?
(a) Suburban sprawl.
(b) Development of reservoirs for water supplies.
(c) Expansion of cities.
(d) Division of ecosystems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theory came from the research that had been performed in Aru?

2. What does Lawrence Abele study?

3. What point does Quammen make by describing his sighting of the species he sought on Aru?

4. When did Wilson and MacArthur publish 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?

5. What was the conclusion Soule and Gilpin came to regarding the Texas question?

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