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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must they stop regularly while ascending Peuquenes ridge?
(a) because the mules get tired
(b) because of the thin air
(c) because of plants Darwin discovers
(d) because the rock formations shift

2. What social condition does Darwin argue against at the end of his book?
(a) war
(b) isolationism
(c) slavery
(d) poverty

3. Who is the old school friend of Darwin's he stays with in Chile?
(a) Richard Corfield
(b) Rudyard Kipling
(c) Oliver Swift
(d) Robert Browning

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

5. On his way up the coast of Chile toward Copiapo, why does Darwin turn inland toward the mining area?
(a) He is bored looking at the sea all the time.
(b) He does not find much of interest along the coast.
(c) He hears about strange plant life at the mines.
(d) The coastline becomes impassable.

6. What does Darwin see on the way to a saltpeter mine?
(a) Iguanas
(b) wild cattle
(c) llamas
(d) vultures

7. What does the host at the Hacienda de San Isidro provide for Darwin?
(a) maps of the Chilean coastline
(b) a secretary to transcribe his notes
(c) a fresh horse and a guide
(d) clothes more suitable for the weather

8. Exploring the Chiloe eastern coastline, what does Darwin observe?
(a) the volcano Orsono
(b) strange granite boulders in the sea
(c) the nearly extinct dodo bird
(d) albatros nests

9. Where does the Beagle head after New Zealand?
(a) Sydney, Australia
(b) Indonesia
(c) Malaysia
(d) the Philippines

10. What feeds the inhabitants' pigs and a large kind of crab on Keeling Island?
(a) bananas
(b) wild rice
(c) berry bushes
(d) coconut trees

11. What does Darwin see at Chatham Island?
(a) huge tortoises weighing up to 200 pounds
(b) large pelicans along the coast
(c) thriving fishing villages
(d) rock dwelling monkeys

12. What provides Darwin with more evidence of the relationships between volcanic activity and earthquakes?
(a) the stories people tell about past disasters
(b) the destruction after the Valdivia earthquake
(c) the shape of the coast after the volcanoes erupt
(d) the temperature of the water after the tsunami

13. What has Darwin observed on the 3,200 mile trip from the Galapagos?
(a) a formation of coral known as an atoll
(b) a blue whale mother and baby
(c) great white sharks circling the Beagle
(d) a maelstrom

14. On his second attempt, what is Capt. Fitz Roy able to navigate successfully?
(a) the Strait of Magellan
(b) the Antarctic Channel
(c) the Sea of Sighs
(d) the Great Barrier Reef

15. What disturbs Darwin about the corn harvest in the area?
(a) the way it is harvested
(b) the poor quality of the corn
(c) the convict slave labor
(d) the color of the corn

Short Answer Questions

1. Headed back towards Chiloe, what does Darwin observe at night?

2. What is a principal industry of Chile that Darwin observes?

3. What happens at Valdivia?

4. What does Darwin speculate about as he observes the snow melt percolating and loosening rocks?

5. What does Darwin observe along the rivers of the Andes?

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