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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Grants' research is compared to which novel?
(a) Great Expectations.
(b) Anna Karenina.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) War and Peace.

2. How much rain fell on the day the severe drought ended, as mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Fifty millimeters.
(b) Two inches.
(c) Thirty millimeters.
(d) One inch.

3. Who devised the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker?
(a) William Paley.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Darwin.
(d) Joseph Hooker.

4. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?
(a) David Lack.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Peter Boag.
(d) Duncan Porter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of animal in the Galapagos has one alpha male that mates with many females?

2. As discussed in Chapter 4, which of the finches' traits did Peter Boag study for his thesis?

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

4. In the dry year, how much bigger was the beak of a surviving finch than that of a dead finch?

5. What color "indicates age and experience" in the male finches' feathers?

(see the answer key)

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