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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 unusual seed did the Grants find on Genovesa after El Niño?
(a) Poison apple.
(b) Wild grape.
(c) Buckeye.
(d) Sumac.

2. Chapter 8 mentions that Peter has to deliver a lecture in which country?
(a) France.
(b) Greece.
(c) Hungary.
(d) England.

3. According to Weiner, the woodpecker's beak is similar to what tool?
(a) Pickaxe.
(b) Awl.
(c) Shovel.
(d) Chisel.

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

5. Cactus finches build their nest to protect themselves from which animal?
(a) Owls.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Scorpions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Chapter 5 ends, Weiner mentions which food that Darwin ate in the Galapagos?

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

4. Who, when observing Darwin's finches in museums, noticed the many differences in the birds' beaks?

5. Weiner compares the Cactus finch to whom in the beginning of Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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