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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin speculate about as he observes the snow melt percolating and loosening rocks?
(a) how the geology develops
(b) how rich ores are found
(c) how minerals are formed
(d) how plants are introduced

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

3. After leaving Las Minas, what does Darwin see near marble outcroppings?
(a) kangaroos and wallabies
(b) giant land turtles
(c) pygmie hippopotamuses
(d) large flocks of ostriches roaming the land

4. What do the gauchos bring down using their bolas?
(a) trees, cacti, or boulders
(b) birds, monkeys, or crocodiles
(c) elephants, lions, and kangaroos
(d) game, cattle, horses, or humans

5. Why do Darwin and Mariano Gonzales take ten pack mules on the trek across the Andes?
(a) in case they become snowed in
(b) in case they stay longer than planned
(c) in case they have to hire extra guides
(d) in case they get lost

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Brazilian villages remind Darwin of?

2. What is a sporting way gauchos sometimes dismount?

3. On the way to Santa Fe, what makes the road very difficult, especially for the many carts with huge wheels?

4. What happens at Valdivia?

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

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