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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal is a scavenger for hard objects it piles at the entrance to its burrows?
(a) the packrat
(b) the bizcacha
(c) the iguana
(d) the toucan

2. What are two important items used by the gauchos?
(a) the lazo (lasso) and the bola
(b) knives and pistols
(c) blow guns and spears
(d) rifles and bows

3. Why does sea salt work better than lake salt as a preservative?
(a) Sea salt contains other chemicals that aid in preservation.
(b) Sea salt is purer than lake salt.
(c) Sea salt contains more sodium chloride.
(d) Sea salt is more plentiful.

4. What does Darwin discover had happened at El Carmen or Patagones?
(a) a cyclone had flattened all the vegetation
(b) forest fires had decimated the area
(c) a volcano had erupted fifty miles away
(d) wild natives had attacked and destroyed the ranches

5. What does Darwin discover about fifteen miles from Patagones?
(a) a sand dune mountain
(b) a volcanic crater
(c) a salt lake
(d) a tar pit

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Darwin end up bringing his own horse down?

2. What are the only two insects Darwin locates on St. Paul's Rocks?

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

4. What marine creature does Darwin discover off of St. Domingo that he keeps in his cabin?

5. What animal life does Darwin observe on the trail?

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