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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. Who was Peter Grant's last teacher?
(a) G. Evelyn Hutchinson.
(b) Carolus Linnaeus.
(c) David Lack.
(d) Peter Boag.

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

3. On which island in the Galapagos archipelago did Darwin land first?
(a) Daphne.
(b) Genovesa.
(c) San Cristóbal.
(d) Isabel.

4. What caused the heavy rains in December 1982?
(a) Unusually cold weather.
(b) A typhoon.
(c) Global warming.
(d) El Niño.

5. How many times did the Croton trees bloom in the rains of 1982-83?
(a) 1.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a predator mentioned in Chapter 6?

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

3. What book did Darwin call his "Big Book"?

4. Who created the concept of the "darwin"?

5. Where does Jamie Smith study sparrows?

(see the answer key)

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