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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. What organization did Tjitte de Vries direct?
(a) The Charles Darwin Research Station.
(b) The Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
(c) The Environmental Protection Agency.
(d) The Finch Unit.

2. How many species of Ground finch are there in the Galapagos?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Sixteen.

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

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

5. What animals did Darwin call "imps of darkness"?
(a) Tortoises.
(b) Sea lions.
(c) Iguanas.
(d) Mockingbirds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which playwright does Weiner quote at the end of Chapter 4?

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

3. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?

4. Who has deeply studied the history of studying evolution in the Galapagos Islands?

5. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?

(see the answer key)

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