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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Darwin's assessment of the natives on Tierra del Fuego?
(a) They are intelligent enough to someday become civilized.
(b) They are stupid because of inbreeding.
(c) They are an advanced civilization.
(d) They are too primitive to civilize.

2. What keeps Darwin on board the Beagle after it sails to Lima?
(a) his lost passport
(b) his weakened health
(c) the political unrest in Peru
(d) a cholera epidemic in Peru

3. What do Darwin and his companions find at the Colorado River?
(a) many fishing villages
(b) an abandoned military fort
(c) a military encampment headed by General Rosas
(d) a ferry to get them to the other side

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

5. What does Darwin see on the way to a saltpeter mine?
(a) Iguanas
(b) llamas
(c) vultures
(d) wild cattle

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin see at Punta Alta?

2. Who are York Minster, Jemmy Button and Fuegia Basket?

3. What does Darwin find that thrives in the area around the salt lakes?

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

5. What does Darwin write about the Chilean miners?

(see the answer key)

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