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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. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?
(a) Twinkies.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) Walnuts.
(d) Pistachios.

2. Who analyzed the finch data from the 1970s using partial regression analysis?
(a) Ian Abbott.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) Rosemary Grant.
(d) Trevor Price.

3. What type of bird suffered on Genovesa during the rains of 1982-83?
(a) Finch.
(b) Booby.
(c) Bluebird.
(d) Mockingbird.

4. What do the iguanas in the Galapagos eat?
(a) Finches.
(b) Croton seeds.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Insects.

5. How many times did the Croton trees bloom in the rains of 1982-83?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?

2. Where does Jamie Smith study sparrows?

3. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?

4. How much rain fell on the day the severe drought ended, as mentioned in Chapter 5?

5. Who helped Jamie Smith analyze his data on sparrows?

(see the answer key)

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