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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the evening meal consist of at Don Juan Fuentes' house?
(a) barbecued goat and wine
(b) fried eggs and flying fish
(c) only a variety of vegetables
(d) nothing but meat and water

2. At Botofogo Bay, what does Darwin find that interests him?
(a) new kinds of bees
(b) many species of birds
(c) many species of planaria (flatworms)
(d) strange flesh eating fish

3. Where does Darwin see camphor, pepper, cinnamon and clove trees, along with breadfruit, jaca and mango?
(a) deep in the Brazilian jungle
(b) the edge of the sea
(c) the Botanical Garden
(d) in a Brazilian marketplace

4. Why can two dead monkeys not be shaken out of a tree?
(a) the grip of their prehensile tails
(b) the grip of their large hands
(c) they are wedged in the branches
(d) they are held by other monkeys

5. What are the two different styles Darwin uses in his journal?
(a) biologist and engineer
(b) clergyman and scientist
(c) explorer and philosopher
(d) scientist and journalist

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Darwin encounter in the village of Las Minas?

2. What does Darwin find while exploring Cape de Verd?

3. What does Darwin do during his three-day stay in Socego?

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

5. What are two important items used by the gauchos?

(see the answer key)

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