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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 is the composition of Sierra de la Ventana?
(a) largely limestone
(b) mostly ignecious rock
(c) mostly granite
(d) largely white quartz

2. Where does Darwin see camphor, pepper, cinnamon and clove trees, along with breadfruit, jaca and mango?
(a) in a Brazilian marketplace
(b) the edge of the sea
(c) deep in the Brazilian jungle
(d) the Botanical Garden

3. How does Darwin attempt to communicate with a large black man on a ferry?
(a) draws pictures
(b) talks loud and makes hand gestures
(c) pantomimes
(d) points to what he wants

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

5. What does Darwin learn about the ostrich?
(a) the ostrich builds nests of clay
(b) the ostrich mates only once in a lifetime
(c) the ostrich lays six eggs at a time
(d) the ostrich swims long distances

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened at Sierra Tapalguen the night before Darwin and company arrive at the nearby outpost?

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

3. Where does Darwin see a rocky, steep hill jutting about 1,000 feet into the sky?

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

5. In addition to the volcanic formation of St. Domingo, what does Darwin notice about the island?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Darwin react to the selling of children as slaves as opposed to what the soldiers and the settlers think about it.

3. At the first stop after Sao Jago, what are Darwin's observations?

4. Why is Darwin fascinated to find the flatworm in the mud around the salt lake?

5. At the Rio Negro, about 300 miles to the south of Maldonado, what is the evidence of political turmoil in South America?

6. How do the people of Uruguay receive Darwin and what does he notice there?

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

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

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

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

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