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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?
(a) Pistachios.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) Walnuts.
(d) Twinkies.

2. According to chapter 9, what percentage of the birds on Darwin's property were killed in the cold weather?
(a) 25%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 40%.

3. How many eggs did the best-breeding finch lay in the rainy season?
(a) 20.
(b) 29.
(c) 32.
(d) 14.

4. What is the name of the animal resulting from the cross between a male horse and a female donkey?
(a) Hinny.
(b) Zebroid.
(c) Miniature horse.
(d) Mule.

5. What was the name of Darwin's grandfather?
(a) Anselm.
(b) Augustine.
(c) Martin.
(d) Erasmus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of animal in the Galapagos has one alpha male that mates with many females?

2. How many genera of plants did Darwin's friend find in a "small fallow field in Kent"?

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

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

5. What type of bird suffered on Genovesa during the rains of 1982-83?

(see the answer key)

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