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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 does the man think Darwin is going to do?
(a) give him money
(b) push him into the water
(c) make him work
(d) strike him

2. What does Darwin find that thrives in the area around the salt lakes?
(a) a species of worms
(b) a species of birds
(c) a species of mammals
(d) a species of snakes

3. What is the product of the ugly palms Darwin sees going up the mountain?
(a) thatching for shack roofs
(b) sweet sap from which syrup is made
(c) large dates used to feed cattle
(d) fiber for making ropes

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin discover about fifteen miles from Patagones?

2. On the way to Santa Fe, what makes the road very difficult, especially for the many carts with huge wheels?

3. After the return to Rio de Janeiro, where does Darwin stay that is rich in resources for the naturalist?

4. What do the Brazilian villages remind Darwin of?

5. What animal is a scavenger for hard objects it piles at the entrance to its burrows?

(see the answer key)

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