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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 is the name of the building where Peter and Rosemary have their offices?
(a) Baker Hall.
(b) Eno Hall.
(c) Ezell Laboratories.
(d) Darwin Center of Science.

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

3. How many genera of plants did Darwin's friend find in a "small fallow field in Kent"?
(a) 12.
(b) 108.
(c) 7200.
(d) 5.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which weed does Chapter 4 discuss in detail?

2. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?

3. How much rain has fallen on the island in the past forty-four months?

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

5. Which are the "fittest finches on the island," as discussed in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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