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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many E. coli bacteria can grow from one bacterium within eight hours?
(a) 5000.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 20 million.

2. Which Babylonian king "saw the writing on the wall"?
(a) Xerxes.
(b) Belshazzar.
(c) Nebuchadnezzar.
(d) Cyrus.

3. What does the Latin word "specere" mean?
(a) To be speckled.
(b) To sing.
(c) To specify.
(d) To see.

4. Who wrote the book The Blind Watchmaker?
(a) Thomas Aquinas.
(b) Mark Powell.
(c) Rob Bell.
(d) Richard Dawkins.

5. On which island do humans not normally live?
(a) Santa Cruz.
(b) Floreana.
(c) San Cristóbal.
(d) Genovesa.

6. What plant did the botanist Edgar Anderson study in the Ozarks?
(a) Creeping phlox.
(b) Lichens.
(c) Dandelions.
(d) Spiderwort.

7. What do the Grants keep in the freezer in the "sub-subbasement'?
(a) Hotdogs.
(b) Blood samples.
(c) Ice core samples.
(d) Bacteria.

8. What type of bird is the Crossbill?
(a) Woodpecker.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Finch.
(d) Hawk.

9. How many times has the environment changed as rapidly as in the 20th century?
(a) 0.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

10. What does the Latin word "reticulum" mean?
(a) Net.
(b) Explosion.
(c) Diversion.
(d) Line.

11. Which plant has dominated Daphne Major since the flood?
(a) Passionflower.
(b) Cactus.
(c) Tribulus.
(d) Cacabus.

12. What do Crossbills eat?
(a) Acorns.
(b) Earthworms.
(c) The seeds in pinecones.
(d) Berries.

13. Which Greek philosopher is quoted at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Heraclitus.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Plato.

14. What part of the human is comparable to the finch's beak, according to Weiner?
(a) The eye.
(b) The digestive tract.
(c) The mind.
(d) The hand.

15. How many people carry the bacteria that causes tuberculosis?
(a) 1 in 6.
(b) 1 in 9.
(c) 1 in 3.
(d) 1 in 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 16, Weiner compares evolutionists to characters in which classic story?

2. What is the name of the Charles Darwin Research Station's journal?

3. How many species of finch are there in Hawaii?

4. How many mating songs does each species of finch have?

5. On what drenched island near the equator do finches live, as mentioned in Chapter 19?

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