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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin have to do for two days at the military encampment?
(a) little else but observe the natives
(b) listen to stories about native religion
(c) classify the various fish caught in the Colorado
(d) catch up on entries in his journal

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

3. Who does Darwin encounter in the village of Las Minas?
(a) some bandits
(b) the Incas
(c) the military
(d) the gauchos

4. What does Darwin see that is the size of a rabbit but looks like a kangaroo?
(a) a kangaroo cat
(b) a jack rabbit
(c) a jackalope
(d) a kangaroo rat

5. Walking along a road cut through the landscape, what does Darwin reflect on?
(a) how devoid of resources New Zealand is
(b) how civilization improves a land area
(c) how far the Beagle has traveled
(d) how at one time the land was covered with forests

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Darwin not explore the forest of Chiloe?

2. Where does Darwin stay at Socego?

3. What does Darwin learn about the ostrich?

4. Sailing away from Rio de Janeiro, what does Darwin see?

5. What is the composition of Sierra de la Ventana?

(see the answer key)

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