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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?
(a) 12.
(b) 30.
(c) 21.
(d) 35.

2. Which animal did one finch attack during the dry year?
(a) A sea lion.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A black lizard.
(d) A mockingbird.

3. According to chapter 9, what percentage of the birds on Darwin's property were killed in the cold weather?
(a) 25%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 10%.

4. What caused the heavy rains in December 1982?
(a) El Niño.
(b) Unusually cold weather.
(c) A typhoon.
(d) Global warming.

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

6. How long have the Grants been conducting research on this island?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 20 years.

7. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?
(a) UCLA.
(b) New York University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Cambridge University.

8. Which type of animal in the Galapagos has one alpha male that mates with many females?
(a) Iguana.
(b) Tortoise.
(c) Sea lion.
(d) Booby.

9. What type of animal was the Eohippus (or the Hyracotherium)?
(a) Horse.
(b) Turtle.
(c) Monkey.
(d) Cow.

10. What animals did Darwin call "imps of darkness"?
(a) Mockingbirds.
(b) Iguanas.
(c) Sea lions.
(d) Tortoises.

11. How many times did the Croton trees bloom in the rains of 1982-83?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

12. Where did John Endler build his experimental ponds?
(a) University of Manitoba.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Princeton University.

13. According to Weiner, the woodpecker's beak is similar to what tool?
(a) Shovel.
(b) Chisel.
(c) Awl.
(d) Pickaxe.

14. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 6?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Joseph Hooker.
(c) John Donne.
(d) Thomas Henry Huxley.

15. How many eggs did the best-breeding finch lay in the rainy season?
(a) 32.
(b) 29.
(c) 14.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Trevor Price's assistant in the Galapagos?

2. What unusual seed did the Grants find on Genovesa after El Niño?

3. What is the name of the instrument the Grants use to measure the hardness of the seeds the finches eat?

4. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?

5. As mentioned in Chapter 5, which book did Laurene Ratcliffe read while waiting for rain on Daphne Major?

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