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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does the Hawaiian Drosophila Project study?
(a) Fruit flies.
(b) Fruit bats.
(c) Dragonflies.
(d) Manta rays.

2. What is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?
(a) Puerto Vallarta.
(b) Puerto Ayora.
(c) Santiago.
(d) Rapa Nui.

3. In the first paragraph of Chapter 11, Darwin is discussing the hybridization of which animal?
(a) Pigeon.
(b) Fox.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Eagle.

4. What color "indicates age and experience" in the male finches' feathers?
(a) Black.
(b) Gold.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Brown.

5. What animal does Scott Carroll study?
(a) The tsetse fly.
(b) The soapberry bug.
(c) The water buffalo.
(d) The English bulldog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first person who could recognize all the finches on Daphne Major?

2. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 6?

3. What does the Latin word "specere" mean?

4. Where did John Endler build his experimental ponds?

5. In what state did Benjamin Walsh build his homestead?

(see the answer key)

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