The Beak of the Finch Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Jonathan Weiner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Beak of the Finch Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Jonathan Weiner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many species of plants exist in the Galapagos?
(a) 700.
(b) 50.
(c) 2000.
(d) 12.

2. Which famous writer went to Christ's College before Darwin?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) John Milton.
(c) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(d) Daniel Defoe.

3. What is the name of the animal resulting from the cross between a male horse and a female donkey?
(a) Miniature horse.
(b) Mule.
(c) Zebroid.
(d) Hinny.

4. How long was the "Thinking Path"?
(a) 1 mile.
(b) .5 miles.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) .25 miles.

5. How many species of finch live in the Galapagos Islands?
(a) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

6. According to Weiner, the woodpecker's beak is similar to what tool?
(a) Pickaxe.
(b) Awl.
(c) Shovel.
(d) Chisel.

7. Which of the following is not a predator mentioned in Chapter 6?
(a) Piranha.
(b) Rivulus hartii.
(c) Cichlid.
(d) Prawn.

8. How many sparrows survived the first population crash that Jamie Smith studied?
(a) 8.
(b) 14.
(c) 56.
(d) 102.

9. What caused the heavy rains in December 1982?
(a) Unusually cold weather.
(b) A typhoon.
(c) Global warming.
(d) El Niño.

10. How long did Darwin study barnacles?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 10 years.

11. Whose A Short History of Biology "killed Darwin with kindness," according to Weiner?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley's.
(b) David Lack's.
(c) Peter Grant's.
(d) Singer's.

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

13. What type of finch is Number 3425?
(a) Ground finch.
(b) Tree finch.
(c) Cactus finch.
(d) Goldfinch.

14. As described at the end of Chapter 6, for what were Trevor Price and Lisle Gibbs waiting?
(a) The dry season.
(b) Nightfall.
(c) Rain.
(d) A bus.

15. At what university did Lisle Gibbs study?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Ohio State University.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) Washington University of St. Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jamie Smith study sparrows?

2. Which book is quoted at the beginning of Chapter 10?

3. Who argued against the principle of divergence using the phrase "the Ghost of Competition Past"?

4. What book did Darwin call his "Big Book"?

5. Which weed does Chapter 4 discuss in detail?

(see the answer keys)

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