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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. Where do the Grants work in the United States?
(a) Yale University.
(b) NASA.
(c) The Ohio State University.
(d) Princeton University.

2. What color is the beak of a finch that is about to mate?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black.

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

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

5. As Chapter 5 ends, Weiner mentions which food that Darwin ate in the Galapagos?
(a) Tortoise.
(b) Greens.
(c) Fish.
(d) Berries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is speaking in the first sentence of Chapter 9?

2. How much rain fell on the day the severe drought ended, as mentioned in Chapter 5?

3. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?

4. In how many portfolios did Charles Darwin store his field notes?

5. Who analyzed the finch data from the 1970s using partial regression analysis?

(see the answer key)

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