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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the miserable climate around Tierra del Fuego, what does Darwin enjoy about Chile?
(a) the clear, dry and warm weather
(b) the calm sea and white beaches
(c) the hot desert climate
(d) the gentle, constant rains

2. Where does Darwin spend ten weeks at the mouth of the Plata River?
(a) in a Brazilian fort
(b) a small town named Maldonado
(c) at a British outpost
(d) a camp set up especially for him

3. What does Darwin write that he found along the banks of the Santa Cruz River?
(a) kangaroo tracks
(b) large apes
(c) nothing new or of great interest
(d) prehistoric fossils

4. What do the gauchos prepare for a meal on the island?
(a) a soup made with a large turtle
(b) a boneless roast with the hide still on the meat
(c) puma steaks
(d) a spit roasted wild goat

5. Where does Darwin see plants and animals similar to what he saw on the plains of Patagonia?
(a) at the summit of the mountains
(b) at Machu Picchu
(c) at their camp at Los Arenales
(d) in mountain caves

Short Answer Questions

1. Sailing away from Rio de Janeiro, what does Darwin see?

2. What is Darwin's profession?

3. Why can two dead monkeys not be shaken out of a tree?

4. What do Darwin and his companions find at the Colorado River?

5. How does the Santa Cruz River bed change as Darwin moves upstream?

(see the answer key)

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