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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Darwin and his gaucho companion hear at the Sauce outpost?
(a) stories about a Spanish warship
(b) stories about a volcanic eruption in another area
(c) stories about strange animals in that area
(d) stories about the battles between the army and natives

2. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?
(a) Lima
(b) Amazonia
(c) Machu Picchu
(d) Buenos Aires

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

4. What causes the different colored water Darwin sees after leaving Bahia?
(a) color from iron oxide deposits
(b) small interlocking organisms
(c) undersea volcano eruptions
(d) variance in temperature

5. What affirmation does Darwin make about the earth?
(a) life on earth is only near wateer
(b) some of the earth is inhabitable
(c) every part of the world is habitable
(d) there is no life in a salt lake bed

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Darwin observed on the ship that lets out silk into the wind and takes flight over the ocean?

2. What do Darwin's discoveries cause him to think about?

3. In addition to the volcanic formation of St. Domingo, what does Darwin notice about the island?

4. What does Darwin discover that some small owls eat by examining the contents of their stomachs?

5. What are the two different styles Darwin uses in his journal?

(see the answer key)

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