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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year was the Charles Darwin Research Station founded?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1960.

3. As discussed in Chapter 4, which of the finches' traits did Peter Boag study for his thesis?
(a) Resistance to disease.
(b) Survival mechanisms.
(c) Tarsus length.
(d) Heritability.

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

5. How long have the Grants been conducting research on this island?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 30 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?

3. In the dry year, how much bigger was the beak of a surviving finch than that of a dead finch?

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

5. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?

(see the answer key)

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