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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. As mentioned in Chapter 5, which book did Laurene Ratcliffe read while waiting for rain on Daphne Major?
(a) Waiting for Godot.
(b) The Sound and the Fury.
(c) A Streetcar Named Desire.
(d) The Agony and the Ecstasy.

2. What does the Difficilis on the Pinta eat?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Tribulus seeds.
(c) Grass seeds.
(d) Insects.

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

4. How long have the Grants been conducting research on this island?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?
(a) Guano.
(b) An eagle.
(c) An iguana.
(d) A hawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?

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

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

4. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?

5. The Grants' research is compared to which novel?

(see the answer key)

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