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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?
(a) David Lack.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Peter Boag.
(d) Duncan Porter.

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

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

4. Who wrote the book Natural Selection in the Wild?
(a) Peter Grant.
(b) John Endler.
(c) David Lack.
(d) Charles Darwin.

5. What normally causes the finches not to eat Chamaesyce?
(a) Its latex substance.
(b) Its furry exterior.
(c) Its hardness.
(d) Its thorns.

6. From what bird do the vampire finches drink blood?
(a) Passenger pigeons.
(b) Robins.
(c) Boobies.
(d) Egrets.

7. How old are the oldest finches on the island?
(a) 15 years old.
(b) 5 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 13 years old.

8. In Chapter 5, to which mythical figure does Weiner compare the finches?
(a) The Sirens.
(b) Sisyphus.
(c) Medusa.
(d) Icharus.

9. What is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?
(a) Santiago.
(b) Rapa Nui.
(c) Puerto Vallarta.
(d) Puerto Ayora.

10. What was the name of the captain of Darwin's ship?
(a) McCoy.
(b) FitzRoy.
(c) FitzWilliam.
(d) Dickens.

11. Where do the Grants work in the United States?
(a) NASA.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) The Ohio State University.
(d) Yale University.

12. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?
(a) Paris.
(b) The Lake District.
(c) Canada.
(d) London.

13. Who was Peter Grant's last teacher?
(a) Carolus Linnaeus.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) G. Evelyn Hutchinson.
(d) David Lack.

14. Who created the concept of the "darwin"?
(a) Trevor Price.
(b) Peter Grant.
(c) J.B.S. Haldane.
(d) Charles Darwin.

15. Whose "Thinking Path" is described in Chapter 9?
(a) David Lack's.
(b) John Milton's.
(c) Darwin's.
(d) Peter Grant's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of finch is Number 3425?

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

3. Which classic work of literature did Darwin take with him on his trip to the Galapagos Islands?

4. In what year did the Grants' team first notice the finches' hybrid breeding?

5. What organization did Tjitte de Vries direct?

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