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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is a tree Darwin comes across famous among the natives?
(a) It is revered as an altar to a god called Walleechu.
(b) It can be seen for miles in any direction.
(c) It is the largest tree in South America.
(d) It bears a medicinal fruit.

2. What has Darwin observed on the ship that lets out silk into the wind and takes flight over the ocean?
(a) sea gulls
(b) silkworms
(c) beetles
(d) spiders

3. What are the only two insects Darwin locates on St. Paul's Rocks?
(a) spiders and parasites brought in on the birds
(b) moths and ants
(c) ticks and fleas
(d) grasshoppers and flies

4. What does Darwin write that he found along the banks of the Santa Cruz River?
(a) prehistoric fossils
(b) nothing new or of great interest
(c) large apes
(d) kangaroo tracks

5. How does Darwin surmise the butterflies and insects got to where the Beagle is?
(a) following the scent of fresh fruit on the Beagle
(b) blown out to sea rather than being on a migration
(c) chased out to sea by insect eating birds
(d) migrating across the Pacific Ocean toward Asia

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin discover about fifteen miles from Patagones?

2. What is one of the industries of the native population near the military post?

3. What animals had been introduced on East Falkland Island?

4. What does Darwin see at Chatham Island?

5. What is the product of the ugly palms Darwin sees going up the mountain?

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