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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?
(a) Potato chips.
(b) Twinkies.
(c) Walnuts.
(d) Pistachios.

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

3. Of whom does Peter Grant keep newspaper photos on his office door?
(a) A bagpipe player.
(b) Nicola Grant.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Rosemary.

4. What is the name of the animal resulting from the cross between a male horse and a female donkey?
(a) Hinny.
(b) Miniature horse.
(c) Zebroid.
(d) Mule.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color "indicates age and experience" in the male finches' feathers?

2. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?

3. What book did Darwin call his "Big Book"?

4. What type of bird suffered on Genovesa during the rains of 1982-83?

5. What type of animal was the Eohippus (or the Hyracotherium)?

(see the answer key)

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