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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what drenched island near the equator do finches live, as mentioned in Chapter 19?
(a) Rapa Nui.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Cocos.
(d) Panama.

3. What part of the human is comparable to the finch's beak, according to Weiner?
(a) The hand.
(b) The eye.
(c) The digestive tract.
(d) The mind.

4. Which Babylonian king "saw the writing on the wall"?
(a) Xerxes.
(b) Belshazzar.
(c) Nebuchadnezzar.
(d) Cyrus.

5. From where does Martin Taylor collect his moth specimens?
(a) The Pacific Northwest.
(b) The East Coast.
(c) The Bible Belt.
(d) The Midwest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take flies to develop resistance to the "resistance-proof" pesticides introduced in 1967?

2. What do Crossbills eat?

3. Who wrote the book The Blind Watchmaker?

4. Which Greek philosopher is quoted at the end of Chapter 13?

5. How many E. coli bacteria can grow from one bacterium within eight hours?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Gayle Davies' experience with the finches.

2. Describe Dolph Schluter's experiment in British Columbia.

3. Explain how ocean currents affect the Galapagos Islands.

4. Describe the act of "speciation" in the haw flies.

5. Choose one example from the text regarding how humans affect other species, and explain it.

6. Describe what Martin Taylor does with the moth samples he receives.

7. Explain the humor that the Grants find in the painting Science Is Measurement.

8. What is the significance of Darwin's spelling errors for modern science?

9. Why do plants hybridize rather readily?

10. What is the significance of the finch's songs? Explain in detail.

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