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

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

3. From how far away do the Grants take photographs of the finches for their research?
(a) 91 centimeters.
(b) 53 centimeters.
(c) 1 meter.
(d) 27 centimeters.

4. How long did Darwin study barnacles?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 25 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?

2. What animals did Darwin call "imps of darkness"?

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

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

5. What part of the finch is the tarsus?

(see the answer key)

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