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

2. What color is the beak of a finch that is about to mate?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

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

4. How long have the Grants been conducting research on this island?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 12 years.

5. On which island in the Galapagos archipelago did Darwin land first?
(a) Daphne.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Genovesa.
(d) San Cristóbal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?

3. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?

4. From what bird do the vampire finches drink blood?

5. The Grants' research is compared to which novel?

(see the answer key)

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