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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) Swallows.
(d) Mockingbirds.

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

3. With what does Rosemary bait the finch traps?
(a) Apple.
(b) Banana.
(c) Seal blubber.
(d) Birdseed.

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

5. What unusual seed did the Grants find on Genovesa after El Niño?
(a) Sumac.
(b) Poison apple.
(c) Buckeye.
(d) Wild grape.

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

7. In Chapter 6, what does Weiner compare to a Petri dish?
(a) Earth.
(b) Genovesa.
(c) Daphne Major.
(d) New York City.

8. Who developed the "principle of divergence"?
(a) Trevor Price.
(b) Darwin.
(c) David Lack.
(d) Carolus Linnaeus.

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

10. What does Weiner compare to the "flaming sword at the gates of Eden"?
(a) The principle of divergence.
(b) Natural selection.
(c) Sexual selection.
(d) El Niño.

11. Which animal did one finch attack during the dry year?
(a) A sea lion.
(b) A mockingbird.
(c) A black lizard.
(d) A hawk.

12. What was the name of the boat by which the Grants traveled from island to island, as mentioned in Chapter 8?
(a) The Grossbeak.
(b) The Sea Lion.
(c) The Flamingo.
(d) The Enforcer.

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

14. What is the name of the instrument the Grants use to measure the hardness of the seeds the finches eat?
(a) The McGill barometer.
(b) The Princeton omni-tool.
(c) Sphygmomanometer.
(d) The McGill nutcracker.

15. On which island in the Galapagos archipelago did Darwin land first?
(a) Genovesa.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Isabel.
(d) San Cristóbal.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?

2. Where do the Grants work in the United States?

3. As discussed in Chapter 4, which of the finches' traits did Peter Boag study for his thesis?

4. What caused the heavy rains in December 1982?

5. Where did John Endler build his experimental ponds?

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