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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Darwin prepare to cross the Andes Mountains through the Portillo pass?
(a) at Lima
(b) at Bogota
(c) at Santiago
(d) at Valparaiso

2. What is an important occupation for the gauchos?
(a) trapping pumas
(b) breaking horses
(c) making whisky
(d) carrying the mail

3. What does Darwin write about the Chilean miners?
(a) They get paid large salaries.
(b) They work long hours and enjoy life.
(c) They spend all their money on drink and clothes.
(d) They are allowed to keep part of what they mine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Darwin find mostly desert with a few mines of low quality here and there?

2. What do the inhabitants of a ranch north of the Polanco River find interesting when Darwin arrives?

3. What is the composition of most of the rock formations on the Brazilian coast?

4. What do Darwin and some crew members walk on when they visit the island of San Pedro?

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

(see the answer key)

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