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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was the thylacine killed off?
(a) Because it preyed on colonists' sheep and was hunted.
(b) Because its eggs were collected by sailors.
(c) Because invasive species competed more successfully for food.
(d) Because it lost its habitat to colonists.

3. What is the Guam rail?
(a) A bird.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A marsupial.
(d) A dog.

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

5. How did humans hurt the dodo population directly?
(a) By killing the trees that supplied them with food.
(b) By killing them for sport.
(c) By building on their nesting grounds.
(d) By gathering their eggs and hunting them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the special creation theory?

2. How does Quammen say islands are sometimes formed?

3. How would you describe Quammen's vocabulary?

4. What does Quammen say makes his field important?

5. What does Quammen say Wallace developed in South America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What factors have effectively broken the Persian rug of nature into pieces, according to Quammen?

2. What do we know about the dodo?

3. Describe the process by which scientists generate policies for managing ecosystems.

4. What was MacArthur and Wilson's contribution to island biogeography?

5. What concept did Wallace develop in the Malay Archipelago?

6. Describe how Quammen's narrative progresses from one idea to the next.

7. What examples does Quammen use of dispersal ability?

8. What does Quammen use the island of Tasmania as an example of?

9. What examples does Quammen cite of species changing size on islands?

10. What is dispersal ability and why is it important?

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