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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the Grants' team first notice the finches' hybrid breeding?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1976.

2. What type of bird suffered on Genovesa during the rains of 1982-83?
(a) Mockingbird.
(b) Booby.
(c) Bluebird.
(d) Finch.

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

4. Which animal did one finch attack during the dry year?
(a) A black lizard.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A sea lion.
(d) A mockingbird.

5. Where does Jamie Smith study sparrows?
(a) British Columbia.
(b) Patagonia.
(c) England.
(d) Michigan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous writer went to Christ's College before Darwin?

2. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?

3. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?

4. How many times did the Croton trees bloom in the rains of 1982-83?

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

(see the answer key)

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