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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin find in the area of Bahia Blanca?
(a) the fossilized skeletons of huge animals
(b) the dry bed of an inland sea
(c) large reptiles that attack cattle
(d) evidence of a major earthquake

2. What does Darwin discover at the saltpeter mine?
(a) hot springs
(b) nothing remarkable
(c) thistle forests
(d) crystal formations

3. What is the stormy place the Beagle visits where the people raise pigs and potatoes and catch fish?
(a) the island of Chiloe
(b) the Virgin Islands
(c) the island of Santiago
(d) the Isle of Man

4. How does Darwin speculate the craggy boulders around the mountains were moved?
(a) by meteors
(b) by volcanic eruptions
(c) by seismic activity
(d) by floating icebergs

5. Leaving Monte Video, where is the Beagle headed?
(a) for Port Desire on the coast of Patagonia
(b) for Alaska
(c) for North America
(d) for Baja California

Short Answer Questions

1. Leaving Lima, where does the Beagle sail?

2. What does Darwin see on the way to a saltpeter mine?

3. What do the gauchos prepare for a meal on the island?

4. What happens at Valdivia?

5. After sailing away from Chile, where does the Beagle go?

(see the answer key)

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