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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?
(a) Ian Abbott.
(b) Lisle Gibbs.
(c) Peter Grant.
(d) Peter Boag.

2. What animals did Darwin call "imps of darkness"?
(a) Tortoises.
(b) Mockingbirds.
(c) Iguanas.
(d) Sea lions.

3. As Chapter 5 ends, Weiner mentions which food that Darwin ate in the Galapagos?
(a) Berries.
(b) Fish.
(c) Greens.
(d) Tortoise.

4. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?
(a) 21.
(b) 12.
(c) 35.
(d) 30.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the researchers' objects are finches always attracted?

2. What was the name of the captain of Darwin's ship?

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

4. Which classic work of literature did Darwin take with him on his trip to the Galapagos Islands?

5. How much rain fell on the day the severe drought ended, as mentioned in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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