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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, when observing Darwin's finches in museums, noticed the many differences in the birds' beaks?

2. What is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?

3. What type of animal was the Eohippus (or the Hyracotherium)?

4. Whose appearance is described at the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. From what bird do the vampire finches drink blood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some of the unusual finch behaviors during the drought.

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

3. Explain the significance about the year 1983 as described in Chapter 8.

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

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

6. Describe a typical workday for the Grants on Daphne Major.

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

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

9. Why did Trevor Price wait so impatiently for rain, and how did he respond when it continued not to come?

10. What difference did Darwin see among the barnacles, and how did he react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of the importance of tiny measurements, including examples from the text in your explication.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of journey as it is presented throughout the book, culminating with its appearance in the epilogue.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the significance of evolutionary science in the development of antibiotics.

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