2. Who gave the lecture "The Demonstrative Evidence of Evolution"?
(a) Thomas Henry Huxley.
(b) David Lack.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) William Paley.

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

4. What is the nickname by which Peter calls the finch in Chapter 1?
(a) Famous Bird.
(b) Cheeky.
(c) Trouble.
(d) Oolong Oolong.

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

6. Whose A Short History of Biology "killed Darwin with kindness," according to Weiner?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley's.
(b) Singer's.
(c) Peter Grant's.
(d) David Lack's.

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

8. Which book is quoted at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) Ovid.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Gilgamesh.

9. 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.

10. What plants did the Grants find growing on Nuñez?
(a) Flame trees.
(b) Oak trees.
(c) Hibiscus.
(d) Green beans.

11. In how many portfolios did Charles Darwin store his field notes?
(a) 75-80.
(b) 22.
(c) 30-40.
(d) 12.

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

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

14. From what bird do the vampire finches drink blood?
(a) Boobies.
(b) Egrets.
(c) Robins.
(d) Passenger pigeons.

15. What does Weiner compare to the "flaming sword at the gates of Eden"?
(a) Natural selection.
(b) El Niño.
(c) Sexual selection.
(d) The principle of divergence.