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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is located at the Bay of Valparaiso?
(a) the first of the southern islands
(b) the primary Chilean seaport
(c) the last Spanish trading post
(d) Horsetail Falls

2. What does Darwin discover on the way back to Chile by way of the Uspallata pass north of Mendoza?
(a) hot springs where he stops to bathe
(b) ruins of an ancient civilization
(c) silicified wood in the form of standing tree trunks
(d) quarts cliffs of many colors

3. What happens at Valdivia?
(a) the Beagle hits a reef
(b) the Beagle runs aground
(c) a massive earthquake
(d) a hailstorm

4. Why is a puppy that will become a sheep dog put in with a herd to grow up?
(a) It grows up antagonistic to sheep.
(b) It grows up loving sheep.
(c) It grows up believing it is a sheep.
(d) It grows up understanding what sheep say.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Leaving Monte Video, where is the Beagle headed?

2. What does the evening meal consist of at Don Juan Fuentes' house?

3. Where does Darwin particularly admire the view?

4. Where does Darwin prepare to cross the Andes Mountains through the Portillo pass?

5. Where does Darwin stay at Socego?

(see the answer key)

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