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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. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?
(a) 35.
(b) 30.
(c) 21.
(d) 12.

2. In Chapter 6, what does Weiner compare to a Petri dish?
(a) Daphne Major.
(b) New York City.
(c) Earth.
(d) Genovesa.

3. What normally causes the finches not to eat Chamaesyce?
(a) Its thorns.
(b) Its hardness.
(c) Its latex substance.
(d) Its furry exterior.

4. In the dry year, how much bigger was the beak of a surviving finch than that of a dead finch?
(a) One millimeter.
(b) Half a millimeter.
(c) Two millimeters.
(d) Three millimeters.

5. Who is studying the Sticklebacks?
(a) Chris Chaplin.
(b) Dolph Schluter.
(c) Trevor Price.
(d) Peter Boag.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people carry the bacteria that causes tuberculosis?

2. What animal does the Hawaiian Drosophila Project study?

3. In chapter 6, Weiner compares evolution to the motion of which object?

4. What was the name of the captain of Darwin's ship?

5. Who wrote the book Natural Selection in the Wild?

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