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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Darwin and the soldiers make their way toward Buenos Aires?
(a) riding llamas over the mountains
(b) mostly hiking over the mountains
(c) moving from outpost to outpost
(d) moving down and following the coastline

2. What animals had been introduced on East Falkland Island?
(a) a herd of cattle and rabbits
(b) kangaroos and ostriches
(c) sheep and house cats
(d) goats and koalas

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

4. What does Darwin begin to notice about the different Galapagos islands?
(a) the birds do not pass from one island to another
(b) each island has different kinds of frogs
(c) the animals and plants are all the same
(d) the natural inhabitants of each island differ in slight ways

5. What are the two different styles Darwin uses in his journal?
(a) biologist and engineer
(b) explorer and philosopher
(c) clergyman and scientist
(d) scientist and journalist

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the guanaco Darwin sees on the way to the Sauce military outpost?

3. How does Darwin speculate the craggy boulders around the mountains were moved?

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

5. What does Darwin find in the Santa Fe area?

(see the answer key)

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