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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must the people do at Iquique?
(a) grow their own food
(b) import everything
(c) build strong houses
(d) fight the natives

2. Sailing away from Rio de Janeiro, what does Darwin see?
(a) giant squid
(b) shark infested waters
(c) hundreds of porpoises
(d) a pod of whales

3. What does Darwin do during his three-day stay in Socego?
(a) collects insects within the forest
(b) climbs trees
(c) catch up on his sleep
(d) go hungry

4. What is a sporting way gauchos sometimes dismount?
(a) do a flip off the horse at a sudden stop
(b) step off a horse that is going down
(c) jump off a gallopiing horse
(d) slip off the back end of the horse

5. What happens at Valdivia?
(a) a massive earthquake
(b) the Beagle hits a reef
(c) a hailstorm
(d) the Beagle runs aground

Short Answer Questions

1. At Botofogo Bay, what does Darwin find that interests him?

2. What does Darwin write about the Chilean miners?

3. What is Darwin's assessment of New Zealand?

4. What do Gen. Rosa's soldiers do after killing the adult natives?

5. After leaving Las Minas, what does Darwin see near marble outcroppings?

(see the answer key)

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