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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many species of finch live in the Galapagos Islands?
(a) 13.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

5. As discussed in Chapter 4, which of the finches' traits did Peter Boag study for his thesis?
(a) Tarsus length.
(b) Survival mechanisms.
(c) Heritability.
(d) Resistance to disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 6, Weiner compares evolution to the motion of which object?

2. Who was the first person who could recognize all the finches on Daphne Major?

3. Who devised the idea of "adaptive landscapes"?

4. Of whom does Peter Grant keep newspaper photos on his office door?

5. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lack discover about the finches, and how was it significant?

2. Explain the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker.

3. Compare and contrast evolution as seen through the fossil record and as observed in real time.

4. How did Darwin react to the finches while he was in the Galapagos and later while he was in England?

5. How did the finches respond to the rain after the intense drought?

6. Describe some of the differences between the finch species in the Galapagos.

7. Describe Darwin's personal life after returning to England.

8. What was the "most miserable piece of data" Peter Boag ever gathered? Explain.

9. Compare and contrast the Grants' tools on Daphne Major and their tools at Princeton.

10. Describe what Peter Boag and Laurene Ratcliffe did on Daphne Major while waiting for rain.

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