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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. How many people carry the bacteria that causes tuberculosis?

2. What type of computer does Rosemary use?

3. Who draws a chart at the end of Chapter 14?

4. How much rain fell in the driest year on Daphne Major?

5. In the first paragraph of Chapter 11, Darwin is discussing the hybridization of which animal?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the humor that the Grants find in the painting Science Is Measurement.

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

4. Explain how bacteria build up resistance to antibiotics.

5. Summarize Gayle Davies' experience with the finches.

6. Answer Weiner's question, "Why are there so many kinds of animals?"

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

8. Why do plants hybridize rather readily?

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

10. Explain the Drosophila experiment and its significance.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe Darwin's personality and contributions to science.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast two episodes of anthropomorphism in the book.

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