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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 does Darwin discover about fifteen miles from Patagones?
(a) a sand dune mountain
(b) a volcanic crater
(c) a tar pit
(d) a salt lake

2. How does Darwin speculate the craggy boulders around the mountains were moved?
(a) by floating icebergs
(b) by volcanic eruptions
(c) by meteors
(d) by seismic activity

3. How does the Santa Cruz River bed change as Darwin moves upstream?
(a) from sand and silt to polished granite
(b) from stones to marshy sand
(c) from stones to black volcanic rock
(d) from red clay to smooth stones

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

5. What large bird does Darwin shoot up the Santa Cruz River?
(a) an ostrich
(b) a pelican
(c) a condor
(d) an eagle

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the gauchos prepare for a meal on the island?

2. Why is a tree Darwin comes across famous among the natives?

3. What affirmation does Darwin make about the earth?

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

5. What does Darwin begin to notice about the different Galapagos islands?

(see the answer key)

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