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

2. Where does Darwin spend the night after descending the Blue Mountain plateau?
(a) at a cotton plantation
(b) at a modern inn
(c) at a mission
(d) at a sheep ranch

3. Who is the old school friend of Darwin's he stays with in Chile?
(a) Oliver Swift
(b) Robert Browning
(c) Richard Corfield
(d) Rudyard Kipling

4. How does Darwin get to the Blue Mountains?
(a) in a buckboard wagon
(b) across the Australian desert
(c) riding a camel
(d) across the Nepean River in a ferry boat

5. Where do the wooden houses best withstand the effects of the massive earthquake?
(a) the Island of Valdivia
(b) where there are solid foundations
(c) the houseboats of Chiloe
(d) the town of Concepcion

Short Answer Questions

1. What social condition does Darwin argue against at the end of his book?

2. Why must they stop regularly while ascending Peuquenes ridge?

3. Why does the Beagle stop for three days at the Chonos Archipelago?

4. What does the host at the Hacienda de San Isidro provide for Darwin?

5. After sailing away from Chile, where does the Beagle go?

Short Essay Questions

1. What route does Darwin take back to Chile and what he discovers on the way.

2. Describe Darwin's disappointment at the saltpeter mine.

3. Explain what Darwin sees at Concepcion and why the houses are still standing.

4. Tell what Darwin thinks and observes about the rivers in the Andes Mountains.

5. Tell what Darwin sees back off the coast of Chile and how he assesses the sight.

6. What evidence does Darwin find that sea beds are raised by nature to great heights?

7. Relate what Darwin finds at Chatham Island in the Galapagos archipelago.

8. Explain Darwin's impression of the geology of New Zealand.

9. Tell about the runaway sailors at the Chonos Archipelago.

10. Describe Darwin's exploration of the interior of the Tahitian Island.

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