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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin find in the Santa Fe area?
(a) fossilized crustations from an inland sea
(b) evidence of dinosaurs
(c) tar pits and mammoth tracks
(d) the shell of a gigantic armadillo and a fossilized horse tooth.

2. Why is a puppy that will become a sheep dog put in with a herd to grow up?
(a) It grows up antagonistic to sheep.
(b) It grows up understanding what sheep say.
(c) It grows up believing it is a sheep.
(d) It grows up loving sheep.

3. What are the dates of Charles Darwin's life span?
(a) Aug. 12, 1829 to Feb. 20, 1903
(b) May 14, 1850 to June 19, 1922
(c) Feb. 12, 1809 to April 19, 1882
(d) Jan. 6, 1818 to Dec. 3, 1900

4. Why can two dead monkeys not be shaken out of a tree?
(a) the grip of their prehensile tails
(b) they are wedged in the branches
(c) the grip of their large hands
(d) they are held by other monkeys

5. What is one of the industries of the native population near the military post?
(a) weaving ponchos for gauchos
(b) making lazo, or lassos, for the gauchos
(c) trading horses they caught and trained
(d) making the round stones for the bolas

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sociological condition in Brazil that disturbs Darwin?

2. What does the kingfisher use to collect its food?

3. What is the composition of most of the rock formations on the Brazilian coast?

4. On the way to Santa Fe, what makes the road very difficult, especially for the many carts with huge wheels?

5. What does the man think Darwin is going to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Darwin given to eat at Tapalguen River?

2. What does Darwin write about how the gauchos break horses?

3. In the area of St. Fe, Darwin examines the geology. What discovery does he make there?

4. How does Darwin describe the behavior of the guanaco he finds at the ruins of an old Spanish settlement?

5. Heading toward St. Fe, about 300 miles north of Buenos Aries along the Parana River, describe the strange animal Darwin observes.

6. How does Darwin surmise that animals similar to Old World animals ended up in the Americas?

7. Why does Darwin not stay long at Bahia Blanca?

8. What occurs in the Plata estuary?

9. Describe two species of birds Darwin locates after he finds the fossils.

10. Describe the problem with getting three boats up the Santa Cruz River.

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