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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 collect traveling around Argentina?
(a) common rocks and precious stones
(b) many species of quadrupeds, birds, lizards and snakes
(c) leaves, parasites, and ledgends
(d) fresh fruit to take back to the Beagle

2. What does Darwin see from the Blue Mountains?
(a) tall trees growing in the valleys below
(b) cliffs with magnificent views of a harbor
(c) many ships sailing around the continent
(d) vast areas of farmland

3. Where does Darwin get his first walk through a rain forest?
(a) the interior of Uruguay
(b) the south of Chile
(c) Fernando Noronha Island
(d) the Brazilian state of Bahia

4. What marine creature does Darwin discover off of St. Domingo that he keeps in his cabin?
(a) a starfish
(b) a cuttlefish
(c) a sea slug
(d) an octopus

5. What happens at Valdivia?
(a) the Beagle runs aground
(b) a hailstorm
(c) a massive earthquake
(d) the Beagle hits a reef

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the guanaco Darwin sees on the way to the Sauce military outpost?

2. Where do seals and penguins surround the ship and make noises that resemble cattle?

3. How does Darwin attempt to communicate with a large black man on a ferry?

4. Why do Darwin and Mariano Gonzales take ten pack mules on the trek across the Andes?

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

(see the answer key)

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