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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. What does Quammen say increases as individuals breed with genetically similar individuals?
(a) Anxiety and reproductive complications.
(b) Birth defects.
(c) Hostility in breeding.
(d) Congenital flaws.

2. Whose reactions does Quammen record, in relation to Bedo's death?
(a) Poachers.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Villagers.

3. What does Quammen say about Wilson and Macarthur's 'The Theory of Island Biogeography'?
(a) It was a book that changed things.
(b) It was practically unnoticed.
(c) Its effect was not felt for years.
(d) It was doubted at the time it was published.

4. What was Quammen told to find, in order to observe this species?
(a) The cliffs where they perched.
(b) The lakes where they built nests.
(c) The tree where they gathered.
(d) The burrows where they lived.

5. How did Carl Jones protect the Mauritius kestrels when their population began to recover?
(a) Trapping kestrel predators.
(b) Killing other birds that would compete for food.
(c) Breeding the species that provide food for the kestrel.
(d) Domesticating the kestrels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the state of the muriqui population when Quammen visited Karen Strier?

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

3. What had happened to the smaller reserves in Lovejoy's plan?

4. Which theory is Quammen supporting when he cites the work of William Newmark?

5. What was the state of Lovejoy's plan when Quammen visited the sites with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the practical example of species management Quammen cited from Texas?

2. What data did Simberloff and Abele deploy in challenging this theory?

3. How did Krakatau serve as evidence for MacArthur and Wilson's thesis?

4. How does Quammen describe the indri?

5. What conclusion dis scientists reach in the Texas case?

6. How did Carl Jones save the Mauritius kestrel?

7. Where was Quammen sent, in order to find what he was looking for?

8. What is the definition of 'viable' in Quammen's account?

9. What was Quammen looking for at Aru?

10. Why did Quammen choose Aru as the destination for his final chapter?

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