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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1985.

2. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?
(a) Sea cucumbers.
(b) Bracket fungi.
(c) Ferns.
(d) Seals.

3. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?
(a) Guano.
(b) An iguana.
(c) A hawk.
(d) An eagle.

4. What animal does Weiner describe as having "the body plan of a volcano"?
(a) Tortoise.
(b) Crow.
(c) Mussel.
(d) Barnacle.

5. As Chapter 5 ends, Weiner mentions which food that Darwin ate in the Galapagos?
(a) Berries.
(b) Tortoise.
(c) Fish.
(d) Greens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cactus finches build their nest to protect themselves from which animal?

2. What do Crossbills eat?

3. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?

4. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?

5. What normally causes the finches not to eat Chamaesyce?

(see the answer key)

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