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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. In what year did the Grants' team first notice the finches' hybrid breeding?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1976.

2. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?
(a) Ian Abbott.
(b) Duncan Porter.
(c) David Lack.
(d) Peter Boag.

3. What is the name of the animal resulting from the cross between a male horse and a female donkey?
(a) Hinny.
(b) Mule.
(c) Zebroid.
(d) Miniature horse.

4. Who is speaking in the first sentence of Chapter 9?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Darwin.
(c) Trevor Price.
(d) Peter Grant.

5. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color "indicates age and experience" in the male finches' feathers?

2. To which of the researchers' objects are finches always attracted?

3. Which playwright does Weiner quote at the end of Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Weiner compare to a Petri dish?

5. Who was the first person who could recognize all the finches on Daphne Major?

(see the answer key)

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