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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?
(a) Puerto Ayora.
(b) Santiago.
(c) Puerto Vallarta.
(d) Rapa Nui.

2. According to chapter 9, what percentage of the birds on Darwin's property were killed in the cold weather?
(a) 80%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 40%.

3. As mentioned in Chapter 16, Darwin states that which bird landed on his water pitcher?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Finch.
(c) Heron.
(d) Mockingbird.

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

5. Weiner compares the Cactus finch to whom in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) The Pittsburgh Penguins.
(b) The faculty of the University of Michigan.
(c) The Pilgrims.
(d) Plains Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who named one finch species "Geospiza incerta," which, according to Weiner, means "ground finch, I guess"?

2. In what year was the Charles Darwin Research Station founded?

3. How long did it take flies to develop resistance to the "resistance-proof" pesticides introduced in 1967?

4. Who devised the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker?

5. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?

(see the answer key)

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