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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people carry the bacteria that causes tuberculosis?
(a) 1 in 6.
(b) 1 in 3.
(c) 1 in 9.
(d) 1 in 4.

2. What is the painting called that Henry Stacy Marks created?
(a) David.
(b) The Birdwatcher's Evening.
(c) Experiments in Ornithology.
(d) Science Is Measurement.

3. What is the name of the mutant gene that helps flies resist DDT?
(a) Env.
(b) Kdr.
(c) Mvw.
(d) Zdp.

4. As mentioned in Chapter 16, Darwin states that which bird landed on his water pitcher?
(a) Heron.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Mockingbird.
(d) Finch.

5. What animal does Scott Carroll study?
(a) The soapberry bug.
(b) The tsetse fly.
(c) The English bulldog.
(d) The water buffalo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Darwin call his "Big Book"?

2. Whose "Thinking Path" is described in Chapter 9?

3. Who, when observing Darwin's finches in museums, noticed the many differences in the birds' beaks?

4. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?

5. Weiner states in Chapter 14 that the finches are like which work of art?

(see the answer key)

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