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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 type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?
(a) Swallows.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) Pigeons.
(d) Mockingbirds.

2. How old are the oldest finches on the island?
(a) 15 years old.
(b) 13 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 5 years old.

3. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?
(a) London.
(b) Canada.
(c) Paris.
(d) The Lake District.

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

5. How many species of finch live in the Galapagos Islands?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species of Ground finch are there in the Galapagos?

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

3. Who has deeply studied the history of studying evolution in the Galapagos Islands?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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