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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin see along the way where robbers hide and cattle can be lost?
(a) dark hollows
(b) vast expanses of thistles
(c) thick copses
(d) many rocky caves

2. Who takes Darwin and his gaucho companion to a mountain called the Sierra de la Ventana?
(a) a local rancher
(b) a military guide
(c) a friendly native
(d) a Portuguese priest

3. What keeps Darwin on board the Beagle after it sails to Lima?
(a) his lost passport
(b) his weakened health
(c) a cholera epidemic in Peru
(d) the political unrest in Peru

4. What is an important occupation for the gauchos?
(a) trapping pumas
(b) breaking horses
(c) making whisky
(d) carrying the mail

5. What do reddish brown clouds turn out to be?
(a) a mirage
(b) a destructive swarm of locusts
(c) a reflection of the setting sun
(d) a desert dust storm

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin write about the Chilean miners?

2. How does Darwin compare the natives of New Zealand to the Tahitians?

3. What disturbs Darwin about the corn harvest in the area?

4. Where does Darwin stay at Socego?

5. What amusing thing does Darwin witness outside of Monte Video?

(see the answer key)

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