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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 Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?
(a) Guano.
(b) A hawk.
(c) An eagle.
(d) An iguana.

2. What normally causes the finches not to eat Chamaesyce?
(a) Its furry exterior.
(b) Its thorns.
(c) Its hardness.
(d) Its latex substance.

3. How much rain fell on the day the severe drought ended, as mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) One inch.
(b) Fifty millimeters.
(c) Thirty millimeters.
(d) Two inches.

4. Which biologist thought of Darwin's finches as "not separate species at all, but 'hybrid swarms'"?
(a) David Lack.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) Jamie Smith.
(d) Percy R. Lowe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?

2. How long did Darwin study barnacles?

3. With what does Rosemary bait the finch traps?

4. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?

5. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?

(see the answer key)

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