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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Capt. Fitz Roy's plan after anchoring at the mouth of the Santa Cruz River?
(a) to take boats up the river as far as he can
(b) to trade with natives who come in canoes
(c) to spend a few weeks fishing
(d) to anchor there for the winter

2. What does Darwin find in the Santa Fe area?
(a) fossilized crustations from an inland sea
(b) the shell of a gigantic armadillo and a fossilized horse tooth.
(c) evidence of dinosaurs
(d) tar pits and mammoth tracks

3. What is Darwin told about climatic events in the area?
(a) drought followed by floods
(b) rainfall changes in the course of rivers
(c) heatwaves and cold spells
(d) tidal waves and cyclones

4. Who are York Minster, Jemmy Button and Fuegia Basket?
(a) Crewmen on the Beagle
(b) guides on Tierra del Fuego
(c) Natives of the Tierra del Fuego area
(d) Gauchos from Argentina

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sociological condition in Brazil that disturbs Darwin?

2. Where does Darwin stay at Socego?

3. Where does Darwin find olive and orange trees and many varieties of vegetables?

4. How does the Santa Cruz River bed change as Darwin moves upstream?

5. What do Darwin and his companions find at the Colorado River?

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