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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. How does Darwin end up bringing his own horse down?
(a) climbing up a ravine
(b) trying to lasso a steer
(c) attempting to use a bola
(d) jumping over a cactus

2. Who takes Darwin and his gaucho companion to a mountain called the Sierra de la Ventana?
(a) a military guide
(b) a Portuguese priest
(c) a friendly native
(d) a local rancher

3. Who are York Minster, Jemmy Button and Fuegia Basket?
(a) Gauchos from Argentina
(b) guides on Tierra del Fuego
(c) Crewmen on the Beagle
(d) Natives of the Tierra del Fuego area

4. What does Darwin find that thrives in the area around the salt lakes?
(a) a species of snakes
(b) a species of birds
(c) a species of mammals
(d) a species of worms

5. What large bird does Darwin shoot up the Santa Cruz River?
(a) an eagle
(b) a condor
(c) an ostrich
(d) a pelican

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the gauchos bring down using their bolas?

2. What do the inhabitants of a ranch north of the Polanco River find interesting when Darwin arrives?

3. Who invites Darwin to visit an estate near Rio de Janeiro?

4. What is Darwin's profession?

5. Who does Darwin encounter in the village of Las Minas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Darwin write about a huge bird he kills up the Santa Cruz River?

2. Describe the rodents Darwin encounters outside Maldonado.

3. Briefly tell about the waterfowl Darwin catalogs on East Falkland Island.

4. Describe the beginning of Darwin's trip around the world.

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

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

7. What occurs in the Plata estuary?

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

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

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

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