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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. Where does Jamie Smith study sparrows?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Patagonia.
(c) British Columbia.
(d) England.

2. Who has deeply studied the history of studying evolution in the Galapagos Islands?
(a) Frank J. Sulloway.
(b) William Hamilton.
(c) David Anderson.
(d) Peter Boag.

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

4. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Lisle Gibbs.
(d) Peter Grant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?

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

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

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

5. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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