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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Darwin describe Gen. Rosas?
(a) as a tall thin man who does not wear his uniform well
(b) as a disturbed man who wants to be in Buenos Aires
(c) as a fat, jolly man who loves to talk
(d) as a masterful horseman who dresses like the gauchos

2. What does Darwin discover at the saltpeter mine?
(a) hot springs
(b) crystal formations
(c) nothing remarkable
(d) thistle forests

3. What does Darwin discover had happened at El Carmen or Patagones?
(a) forest fires had decimated the area
(b) wild natives had attacked and destroyed the ranches
(c) a volcano had erupted fifty miles away
(d) a cyclone had flattened all the vegetation

4. What must the people do at Iquique?
(a) grow their own food
(b) fight the natives
(c) import everything
(d) build strong houses

5. What animals had been introduced on East Falkland Island?
(a) kangaroos and ostriches
(b) sheep and house cats
(c) a herd of cattle and rabbits
(d) goats and koalas

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin see at Chatham Island?

2. What keeps Darwin on board the Beagle after it sails to Lima?

3. How does Darwin describe the dress of the Chilean miners?

4. What is Darwin's assessment of the natives on Tierra del Fuego?

5. What does Darwin find that thrives in the area around the salt lakes?

(see the answer key)

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