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

2. Which animal did one finch attack during the dry year?
(a) A mockingbird.
(b) A sea lion.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A black lizard.

3. What Galapagos island is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 1?
(a) Daphne Major.
(b) Santiago.
(c) Sin Nombre.
(d) Isabela.

4. From what bird do the vampire finches drink blood?
(a) Passenger pigeons.
(b) Robins.
(c) Egrets.
(d) Boobies.

5. Weiner compares the Cactus finch to whom in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Plains Indians.
(b) The faculty of the University of Michigan.
(c) The Pilgrims.
(d) The Pittsburgh Penguins.

Short Answer Questions

1. As discussed in Chapter 4, which of the finches' traits did Peter Boag study for his thesis?

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

3. What type of animal was the Eohippus (or the Hyracotherium)?

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

5. How old are the oldest finches on the island?

(see the answer key)

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