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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the dry year, how much bigger was the beak of a surviving finch than that of a dead finch?
(a) Three millimeters.
(b) Half a millimeter.
(c) Two millimeters.
(d) One millimeter.

2. From how far away do the Grants take photographs of the finches for their research?
(a) 27 centimeters.
(b) 91 centimeters.
(c) 53 centimeters.
(d) 1 meter.

3. Whom did Darwin commission to breed unusual combinations of pigeons?
(a) Arthur Conan Doyle.
(b) John Sewall.
(c) Sir John Sebright.
(d) Lord Byron.

4. What part of the finch is the tarsus?
(a) Neck.
(b) Beak.
(c) Wing.
(d) Leg.

5. What organization did Tjitte de Vries direct?
(a) The Finch Unit.
(b) The Environmental Protection Agency.
(c) The Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
(d) The Charles Darwin Research Station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?

2. Which of the following is not a predator mentioned in Chapter 6?

3. Who has deeply studied the history of studying evolution in the Galapagos Islands?

4. Who developed the "principle of divergence"?

5. From what bird do the vampire finches drink blood?

(see the answer key)

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