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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many species of Ground finch are there in the Galapagos?
(a) Six.
(b) Eight.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Fourteen.

2. Who named one finch species "Geospiza incerta," which, according to Weiner, means "ground finch, I guess"?
(a) Peter Grant.
(b) Carolus Linnaeus.
(c) Darwin.
(d) John Gould.

3. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1982.

4. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?
(a) Lisle Gibbs.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Peter Grant.
(d) Peter Boag.

5. On which island in the Galapagos archipelago did Darwin land first?
(a) Genovesa.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Isabel.
(d) San Cristóbal.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?

2. Where do the Grants work in the United States?

3. What animals did Darwin call "imps of darkness"?

4. How much rain has fallen on the island in the past forty-four months?

5. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?

(see the answer key)

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