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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first person who could recognize all the finches on Daphne Major?
(a) Ian Abbott.
(b) Nicola Grant.
(c) Rosemary Grant.
(d) Trevor Price.

2. Which are the "fittest finches on the island," as discussed in Chapter 8?
(a) The scandens.
(b) The fuliginosa.
(c) The hybrids between the magnirostris and the fortis.
(d) The hybrids between the scandens and the fortis.

3. How long did Darwin study barnacles?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 6 months.

4. What type of finch is Number 3425?
(a) Tree finch.
(b) Cactus finch.
(c) Goldfinch.
(d) Ground finch.

5. In the dry year, how much bigger was the beak of a surviving finch than that of a dead finch?
(a) Two millimeters.
(b) One millimeter.
(c) Half a millimeter.
(d) Three millimeters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who draws a chart at the end of Chapter 14?

2. What is the painting called that Henry Stacy Marks created?

3. What caused the heavy rains in December 1982?

4. How many eggs did the best-breeding finch lay in the rainy season?

5. Which plant has dominated Daphne Major since the flood?

(see the answer key)

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