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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is a tree Darwin comes across famous among the natives?
(a) It bears a medicinal fruit.
(b) It is the largest tree in South America.
(c) It can be seen for miles in any direction.
(d) It is revered as an altar to a god called Walleechu.

2. Where does the Beagle anchor at Tierra del Fuego island?
(a) the Bay of Good Success
(b) the Bay of Santiago
(c) the Bay of Good Hope
(d) the Bay of Bengal

3. Where does Darwin find mostly desert with a few mines of low quality here and there?
(a) the coastal part of Chile
(b) the northern part of Chile
(c) the central part of Chile
(d) the eastern part of Chile

4. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?
(a) Buenos Aires
(b) Lima
(c) Machu Picchu
(d) Amazonia

5. How does Darwin describe Gen. Rosas?
(a) as a disturbed man who wants to be in Buenos Aires
(b) as a fat, jolly man who loves to talk
(c) as a masterful horseman who dresses like the gauchos
(d) as a tall thin man who does not wear his uniform well

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin have to do for two days at the military encampment?

2. What is Darwin's assessment of the natives on Tierra del Fuego?

3. What affirmation does Darwin make about the earth?

4. What keeps Darwin on board the Beagle after it sails to Lima?

5. What large bird does Darwin shoot up the Santa Cruz River?

(see the answer key)

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