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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1976.

4. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?
(a) Seals.
(b) Ferns.
(c) Bracket fungi.
(d) Sea cucumbers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Galapagos island is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 1?

2. Weiner compares the Cactus finch to whom in the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. What part of the finch is the tarsus?

4. Which classic work of literature did Darwin take with him on his trip to the Galapagos Islands?

5. What animal does Weiner describe as having "the body plan of a volcano"?

(see the answer key)

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