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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. As Chapter 5 ends, Weiner mentions which food that Darwin ate in the Galapagos?
(a) Greens.
(b) Berries.
(c) Fish.
(d) Tortoise.

2. Who draws a chart at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Peter Boag and Laurene Ratcliffe.
(b) Trevor Price.
(c) Martin Taylor.
(d) Peter and Rosemary.

3. How many species of Ground finch are there in the Galapagos?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

4. In what year did the Grants' team first notice the finches' hybrid breeding?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1982.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears in Chapter 15 separating DNA in plastic bags?

2. Which famous writer went to Christ's College before Darwin?

3. What unusual seed did the Grants find on Genovesa after El Niño?

4. What type of finch is Number 3425?

5. In the dry year, how much bigger was the beak of a surviving finch than that of a dead finch?

(see the answer key)

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