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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization did Tjitte de Vries direct?
(a) The Charles Darwin Research Station.
(b) The Environmental Protection Agency.
(c) The Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
(d) The Finch Unit.

2. What is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?
(a) Puerto Ayora.
(b) Santiago.
(c) Rapa Nui.
(d) Puerto Vallarta.

3. What Galapagos island is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 1?
(a) Santiago.
(b) Sin Nombre.
(c) Daphne Major.
(d) Isabela.

4. Where did John Endler build his experimental ponds?
(a) University of Manitoba.
(b) Yale University.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) Princeton University.

5. How old are the oldest finches on the island?
(a) 12 years old.
(b) 5 years old.
(c) 13 years old.
(d) 15 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color "indicates age and experience" in the male finches' feathers?

2. Which animal did the evolutionist David Lack not consider when formulating his ideas, as mentioned in Chapter 4?

3. As Chapter 5 ends, Weiner mentions which food that Darwin ate in the Galapagos?

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

5. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?

(see the answer key)

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