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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Darwin observed on the ship that lets out silk into the wind and takes flight over the ocean?
(a) sea gulls
(b) beetles
(c) silkworms
(d) spiders

2. What does the man think Darwin is going to do?
(a) strike him
(b) push him into the water
(c) make him work
(d) give him money

3. Where does Darwin get his first walk through a rain forest?
(a) the south of Chile
(b) Fernando Noronha Island
(c) the Brazilian state of Bahia
(d) the interior of Uruguay

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

5. What is Darwin's assessment of the natives on Tierra del Fuego?
(a) They are too primitive to civilize.
(b) They are stupid because of inbreeding.
(c) They are intelligent enough to someday become civilized.
(d) They are an advanced civilization.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?

2. What does Darwin observe along the rivers of the Andes?

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

4. What does Darwin find in relationship to his interest in plants and animals?

5. What small bird resembles quail in its habits and snipe in its looks?

(see the answer key)

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