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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 book did Darwin call his "Big Book"?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) The Voyage of the Beagle.
(c) The Origin of Species.
(d) Galapagos.

2. How much rain has fallen on the island in the past forty-four months?
(a) 5 inches.
(b) 50 inches.
(c) 1/5 of an inch.
(d) 500 inches.

3. Who has deeply studied the history of studying evolution in the Galapagos Islands?
(a) William Hamilton.
(b) David Anderson.
(c) Peter Boag.
(d) Frank J. Sulloway.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what does Rosemary bait the finch traps?

3. What type of animal was the Eohippus (or the Hyracotherium)?

4. What part of the finch is the tarsus?

5. What color is the beak of a finch that is about to mate?

(see the answer key)

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