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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin discover that some small owls eat by examining the contents of their stomachs?
(a) grain and insects
(b) eggs and other birds
(c) mice and snakes
(d) fruit and vegetables

2. On the way after Monte Video, what surrounds the Beagle?
(a) man eating sharks
(b) a swarm of butterflies and other flying insects
(c) hostile natives in canoes
(d) schools of dolphins

3. In addition to the volcanic formation of St. Domingo, what does Darwin notice about the island?
(a) strange stratas of slate
(b) large mud floes
(c) evidence of diamond formations
(d) a band of chalk

4. What small bird resembles quail in its habits and snipe in its looks?
(a) the South American mockingbird
(b) the avioticus imbicilus
(c) the flightless pheasant
(d) the tinochorus rumicivorous

5. How does Darwin make it to Monte Video and the Beagle?
(a) on a packet boat
(b) on horseback
(c) in a military convoy
(d) on a stagecoach

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Darwin to visit an estate near Rio de Janeiro?

2. What does the kingfisher use to collect its food?

3. What does Darwin have to do for two days at the military encampment?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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