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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. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?
(a) The Lake District.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Canada.

2. Cactus finches build their nest to protect themselves from which animal?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Scorpions.
(c) Owls.
(d) Eagles.

3. How many species of finch live in the Galapagos Islands?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 7.

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

5. Who analyzed the finch data from the 1970s using partial regression analysis?
(a) Rosemary Grant.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Trevor Price.
(d) Peter Boag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What normally causes the finches not to eat Chamaesyce?

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

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

4. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?

5. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?

(see the answer key)

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