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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After leaving Las Minas, what does Darwin see near marble outcroppings?
(a) large flocks of ostriches roaming the land
(b) kangaroos and wallabies
(c) pygmie hippopotamuses
(d) giant land turtles

2. What is the guanaco Darwin sees on the way to the Sauce military outpost?
(a) the wild version of the domesticated llama
(b) an extremely large lizard
(c) a large bird like a condor
(d) a black toad with a red underbelly

3. Who invites Darwin to visit an estate near Rio de Janeiro?
(a) a French explorer
(b) an English landowner
(c) a Brazilian general
(d) a wealthy Brazilian

4. After the return to Rio de Janeiro, where does Darwin stay that is rich in resources for the naturalist?
(a) in a cottage on Botofogo Bay
(b) in the center of the city
(c) in a luxury hotel on Botofogo Bay
(d) with the governor of Rio de Janeiro

5. Sailing away from Rio de Janeiro, what does Darwin see?
(a) a pod of whales
(b) shark infested waters
(c) hundreds of porpoises
(d) giant squid

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Darwin and his gaucho companion hear at the Sauce outpost?

2. What does Darwin collect traveling around Argentina?

3. Why does sea salt work better than lake salt as a preservative?

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

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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