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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. How many species of finch are there in Hawaii?
(a) 32.
(b) 60.
(c) 40.
(d) 113.

2. How many times did the Croton trees bloom in the rains of 1982-83?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

3. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?
(a) Cambridge University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) UCLA.
(d) New York University.

4. What does the Latin word "reticulum" mean?
(a) Net.
(b) Diversion.
(c) Line.
(d) Explosion.

5. What animal does the Hawaiian Drosophila Project study?
(a) Dragonflies.
(b) Fruit bats.
(c) Manta rays.
(d) Fruit flies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who developed the "principle of divergence"?

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

3. Who is studying the Sticklebacks?

4. Whose appearance is described at the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. Who made the statement about Cleopatra's nose that is quoted in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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