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

2. With what does Rosemary bait the finch traps?
(a) Seal blubber.
(b) Birdseed.
(c) Apple.
(d) Banana.

3. Weiner compares the Cactus finch to whom in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) The Pittsburgh Penguins.
(b) The Pilgrims.
(c) The faculty of the University of Michigan.
(d) Plains Indians.

4. What normally causes the finches not to eat Chamaesyce?
(a) Its hardness.
(b) Its latex substance.
(c) Its furry exterior.
(d) Its thorns.

5. How many times did Number 3425 breed in 1983?
(a) 1.
(b) 12.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Darwin study barnacles?

2. What animal does Weiner describe as having "the body plan of a volcano"?

3. What was the name of Darwin's grandfather?

4. How many eggs did the best-breeding finch lay in the rainy season?

5. As of the time of Rosemary's interview in Chapter 8, how many finches were not banded on Daphne Major?

(see the answer key)

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