View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Quammen believe happened to Bedo?
(a) He made people jealous with the money he was making as a guide.
(b) He made enemies among the hunters.
(c) He made people angry by raising consciousness as he talked with people from many different walks of life.
(d) He made people uncomfortable being around white people a lot of the time.

2. What was the species Quammen sought called by locals?
(a) Mistoquot.
(b) Cenderwasih.
(c) Ranuren.
(d) Majib.

3. What is the central message of Quammen's book?
(a) Habitat destruction is breaking ecosystems into islands, but species can survive in islands.
(b) The twenty-first century will see unprecedented species loss.
(c) Unless something is done soon, we will lose much of our wilderness, and many species of plants and animals.
(d) Ingenuity and hard work can save the habitats and protect the breeding populations of many animals that might be lost.

4. When did Wilson and MacArthur publish 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1963.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen say is distinctive about the indri?

2. What does Quammen say about Wilson and Macarthur's 'The Theory of Island Biogeography'?

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

4. What factor did NOT cause the decline of the kestrel population?

5. How does Quammen's tone change in the final chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Quammen's attempt to see an indri.

2. What theory did Simberloff and Abele challenge in a 1976 article?

3. What does Quammen say about applying the case of the Mauritius kestrel to other species?

4. What note does Quammen end 'The Song of the Dodo' on?

5. What was the effect of 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography', according to Quammen?

6. How does Quammen describe Bedo's death?

7. How did Quammen get to Aru?

8. What experiment took place in the Florida Keys?

9. What did MacArthur and Wilson argue in 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?

10. What is the concept of the minimum viable population?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 867 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample