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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. As of the time of Rosemary's interview in Chapter 8, how many finches were not banded on Daphne Major?
(a) 100.
(b) 20.
(c) 12.
(d) 1.

2. According to chapter 9, what percentage of the birds on Darwin's property were killed in the cold weather?
(a) 10%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 40%.

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

4. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?
(a) Ian Abbott.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) Peter Grant.
(d) Lisle Gibbs.

5. Which biologist thought of Darwin's finches as "not separate species at all, but 'hybrid swarms'"?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) Percy R. Lowe.
(c) David Lack.
(d) Jamie Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university did Lisle Gibbs study?

2. In Chapter 5, to which mythical figure does Weiner compare the finches?

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

4. Chapter 8 mentions that Peter has to deliver a lecture in which country?

5. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?

(see the answer key)

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