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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Gen. Rosa's soldiers do after killing the adult natives?
(a) They keep the children to sell as slaves.
(b) Feed the natives to the crocodiles.
(c) Scalp the natives.
(d) Barbecue the natives.

2. What does Darwin find while exploring Cape de Verd?
(a) a cemetery with headstones dating back to the 16th century
(b) remains of a forgotten 14th century civilization
(c) fossils of extremely large land animals
(d) an amazing variety of strange plants

3. What are two important items used by the gauchos?
(a) knives and pistols
(b) blow guns and spears
(c) the lazo (lasso) and the bola
(d) rifles and bows

4. Where does Darwin see a rocky, steep hill jutting about 1,000 feet into the sky?
(a) Cape de Verd islands
(b) St. Paul's Rocks
(c) Fernando Noronha Island
(d) St. domingo

5. What affirmation does Darwin make about the earth?
(a) there is no life in a salt lake bed
(b) life on earth is only near wateer
(c) every part of the world is habitable
(d) some of the earth is inhabitable

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the evening meal consist of at Don Juan Fuentes' house?

2. What is Darwin's profession?

3. Who invites Darwin to visit an estate near Rio de Janeiro?

4. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?

5. What do the Brazilian villages remind Darwin of?

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