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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which year was the dry year that is discussed in Chapter 5?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1983.

2. In chapter 6, Weiner compares evolution to the motion of which object?
(a) A kaleidoscope.
(b) A Jackson Pollock painting.
(c) A whirligig.
(d) A volcano.

3. On which island do humans not normally live?
(a) Santa Cruz.
(b) San Cristóbal.
(c) Floreana.
(d) Genovesa.

4. Who is speaking in the first sentence of Chapter 9?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) Peter Grant.
(d) Trevor Price.

5. Who helped Jamie Smith analyze his data on sparrows?
(a) Ian Abbott.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) Dolph Schluter.
(d) Peter Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is studying the Sticklebacks?

2. Where did Darwin find the finch Magnirostris magnirostris?

3. What do the Grants keep in the freezer in the "sub-subbasement'?

4. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?

5. What caused the heavy rains in December 1982?

(see the answer key)

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