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

2. Who, when observing Darwin's finches in museums, noticed the many differences in the birds' beaks?
(a) Osbert Salvin.
(b) William Paley.
(c) Percy R. Lowe.
(d) David Lack.

3. What Galapagos island is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 1?
(a) Santiago.
(b) Daphne Major.
(c) Sin Nombre.
(d) Isabela.

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

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

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

7. In how many portfolios did Charles Darwin store his field notes?
(a) 30-40.
(b) 12.
(c) 22.
(d) 75-80.

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

9. Where did John Endler build his experimental ponds?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) University of Manitoba.

10. According to chapter 9, what percentage of the birds on Darwin's property were killed in the cold weather?
(a) 40%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 25%.

11. Who gave the lecture "The Demonstrative Evidence of Evolution"?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) David Lack.
(c) Thomas Henry Huxley.
(d) William Paley.

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

13. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) New York University.
(d) Cambridge University.

14. What color is the beak of a finch that is about to mate?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the iguanas in the Galapagos eat?

2. Which animal did the evolutionist David Lack not consider when formulating his ideas, as mentioned in Chapter 4?

3. From what bird do the vampire finches drink blood?

4. Which weed does Chapter 4 discuss in detail?

5. How much rain has fallen on the island in the past forty-four months?

(see the answer keys)

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