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

2. Where do the Grants work in the United States?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) NASA.
(d) The Ohio State University.

3. Approximately how many islands are in the Galapagos Archipelago?
(a) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 36.
(d) 24.

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

5. What was the name of the captain of Darwin's ship?
(a) FitzWilliam.
(b) McCoy.
(c) Dickens.
(d) FitzRoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Darwin study barnacles?

2. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?

3. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?

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

5. On which island in the Galapagos archipelago did Darwin land first?

(see the answer key)

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