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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin find in the Santa Fe area?
(a) the shell of a gigantic armadillo and a fossilized horse tooth.
(b) tar pits and mammoth tracks
(c) evidence of dinosaurs
(d) fossilized crustations from an inland sea

2. How does Darwin end up bringing his own horse down?
(a) trying to lasso a steer
(b) attempting to use a bola
(c) climbing up a ravine
(d) jumping over a cactus

3. Why can two dead monkeys not be shaken out of a tree?
(a) the grip of their large hands
(b) they are wedged in the branches
(c) they are held by other monkeys
(d) the grip of their prehensile tails

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

5. What does the man think Darwin is going to do?
(a) strike him
(b) make him work
(c) give him money
(d) push him into the water

Short Answer Questions

1. What amusing thing does Darwin witness outside of Monte Video?

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

3. What has Darwin observed on the ship that lets out silk into the wind and takes flight over the ocean?

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

5. Where does Darwin see a rocky, steep hill jutting about 1,000 feet into the sky?

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