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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. How many mating songs does each species of finch have?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. How much rain fell in the driest year on Daphne Major?
(a) 6 millimeters.
(b) None.
(c) 70 millimeters.
(d) 5 meters.

3. How many species of finch are there in Hawaii?
(a) 40.
(b) 32.
(c) 113.
(d) 60.

4. For what university did the drosophilists discussed in Chapter 12 work?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) Rockefeller University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) New York University.

5. In what month do cacti on Daphne Major start to bloom?
(a) March.
(b) October.
(c) December.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Crossbills eat?

2. How many times has the environment changed as rapidly as in the 20th century?

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

4. According to Ernst Mayr, what animal has "specialized in despecialization"?

5. In what state did Benjamin Walsh build his homestead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the two shorelines that Weiner discusses in Chapter 11.

2. What did Lewontin and Birch discover about the Dacus tryoni?

3. What significance did Hermon Carey Bumpus discover in the sparrows' deaths? What significance did Peter Grant see?

4. Describe the act of "speciation" in the haw flies.

5. What is the significance of the finch's songs? Explain in detail.

6. Explain the Drosophila experiment and its significance.

7. Summarize Gayle Davies' experience with the finches.

8. Choose one example from the text regarding how humans affect other species, and explain it.

9. Explain how ocean currents affect the Galapagos Islands.

10. What effect do the finches have on cactus flowers?

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