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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin find that thrives in the area around the salt lakes?
(a) a species of snakes
(b) a species of mammals
(c) a species of birds
(d) a species of worms

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

3. What marine creature does Darwin discover off of St. Domingo that he keeps in his cabin?
(a) a sea slug
(b) a starfish
(c) an octopus
(d) a cuttlefish

4. Who takes Darwin and his gaucho companion to a mountain called the Sierra de la Ventana?
(a) a military guide
(b) a friendly native
(c) a local rancher
(d) a Portuguese priest

5. What does the kingfisher use to collect its food?
(a) a high sound that paralyzes fish
(b) a scissor beak used to skim the water and catch small fish
(c) sharp talons to catch small fish
(d) sharp eyesight to spot fish near the surface

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sociological condition in Brazil that disturbs Darwin?

2. What causes the different colored water Darwin sees after leaving Bahia?

3. What are the dates of Charles Darwin's life span?

4. What does Darwin find in the area of Bahia Blanca?

5. What does Darwin observe that is formed by lightning hitting the hills and traversing through the sand?

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