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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 type of bird suffered on Genovesa during the rains of 1982-83?
(a) Bluebird.
(b) Mockingbird.
(c) Finch.
(d) Booby.

2. Which weed does Chapter 4 discuss in detail?
(a) Thistle.
(b) Lemon grass.
(c) Dandelion.
(d) Caltrop.

3. As described at the end of Chapter 6, for what were Trevor Price and Lisle Gibbs waiting?
(a) A bus.
(b) Rain.
(c) Nightfall.
(d) The dry season.

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

5. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Swallows.
(c) Sparrows.
(d) Mockingbirds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the finch is the tarsus?

2. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?

3. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?

4. Cactus finches build their nest to protect themselves from which animal?

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

(see the answer key)

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