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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What affirmation does Darwin make about the earth?
(a) some of the earth is inhabitable
(b) every part of the world is habitable
(c) life on earth is only near wateer
(d) there is no life in a salt lake bed

2. Why does sea salt work better than lake salt as a preservative?
(a) Sea salt contains other chemicals that aid in preservation.
(b) Sea salt is more plentiful.
(c) Sea salt contains more sodium chloride.
(d) Sea salt is purer than lake salt.

3. What does Darwin have to do for two days at the military encampment?
(a) catch up on entries in his journal
(b) listen to stories about native religion
(c) classify the various fish caught in the Colorado
(d) little else but observe the natives

4. What does Darwin write that he found along the banks of the Santa Cruz River?
(a) prehistoric fossils
(b) nothing new or of great interest
(c) large apes
(d) kangaroo tracks

5. How does the Santa Cruz River bed change as Darwin moves upstream?
(a) from red clay to smooth stones
(b) from stones to black volcanic rock
(c) from sand and silt to polished granite
(d) from stones to marshy sand

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Beagle anchor at Tierra del Fuego island?

2. On his way up the coast of Chile toward Copiapo, why does Darwin turn inland toward the mining area?

3. What do the gauchos prepare for a meal on the island?

4. What must the people do at Iquique?

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

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