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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nickname by which Peter calls the finch in Chapter 1?
(a) Famous Bird.
(b) Oolong Oolong.
(c) Trouble.
(d) Cheeky.

2. What color is the beak of a finch that is about to mate?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Yellow.

3. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?
(a) Mockingbirds.
(b) Swallows.
(c) Pigeons.
(d) Sparrows.

4. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?
(a) Guano.
(b) An iguana.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A hawk.

5. Which famous writer went to Christ's College before Darwin?
(a) John Milton.
(b) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Daniel Defoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the dry year, how much bigger was the beak of a surviving finch than that of a dead finch?

2. According to Weiner, the woodpecker's beak is similar to what tool?

3. How much rain fell on the day the severe drought ended, as mentioned in Chapter 5?

4. How old are the oldest finches on the island?

5. From how far away do the Grants take photographs of the finches for their research?

(see the answer key)

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