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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Peter Grant.
(d) Lisle Gibbs.

2. How many species of Ground finch are there in the Galapagos?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

3. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?
(a) An iguana.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A hawk.
(d) Guano.

4. Which playwright does Weiner quote at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Maimonides.
(c) Chekhov.
(d) Shakespeare.

5. What animal does Weiner describe as having "the body plan of a volcano"?
(a) Tortoise.
(b) Mussel.
(c) Crow.
(d) Barnacle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which year was the dry year that is discussed in Chapter 5?

2. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?

3. What color is the beak of a finch that is about to mate?

4. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?

5. How much rain has fallen on the island in the past forty-four months?

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