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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plants did the Grants find growing on Nuñez?
(a) Green beans.
(b) Oak trees.
(c) Hibiscus.
(d) Flame trees.

2. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 6?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Thomas Henry Huxley.
(c) John Donne.
(d) Joseph Hooker.

3. As of the time of Rosemary's interview in Chapter 8, how many finches were not banded on Daphne Major?
(a) 100.
(b) 20.
(c) 1.
(d) 12.

4. Who created the concept of the "darwin"?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Trevor Price.
(c) Peter Grant.
(d) J.B.S. Haldane.

5. Whose appearance is described at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Rosemary Grant.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Peter Boag.
(d) Laurene Ratcliffe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did Darwin study barnacles?

3. What is the name of the animal resulting from the cross between a male horse and a female donkey?

4. In what year was the Charles Darwin Research Station founded?

5. In Chapter 5, to which mythical figure does Weiner compare the finches?

(see the answer key)

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