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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 does Darwin discover about fifteen miles from Patagones?
(a) a tar pit
(b) a sand dune mountain
(c) a salt lake
(d) a volcanic crater

2. What does Darwin see at Punta Alta?
(a) a squirrel called rocky
(b) a man called horse
(c) a skunk called a zorillo
(d) a cat called gatito

3. 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

4. What is Darwin's assessment of the natives on Tierra del Fuego?
(a) They are intelligent enough to someday become civilized.
(b) They are stupid because of inbreeding.
(c) They are an advanced civilization.
(d) They are too primitive to civilize.

5. After leaving the Santa Cruz River, where does the Beagle make its next stop?
(a) East Falkland Island
(b) Panama
(c) the Galapogas Islands
(d) Baja California

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the industries of the native population near the military post?

2. What does Darwin discover had happened at El Carmen or Patagones?

3. After sailing away from Chile, where does the Beagle go?

4. What is Capt. Fitz Roy's plan after anchoring at the mouth of the Santa Cruz River?

5. What large bird does Darwin shoot up the Santa Cruz River?

(see the answer key)

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