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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which type of fish is discussed at length in Chapter 6?
(a) Goldfish.
(b) Betta.
(c) Cod.
(d) Guppy.

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

3. What is the name of the building where Peter and Rosemary have their offices?
(a) Ezell Laboratories.
(b) Eno Hall.
(c) Baker Hall.
(d) Darwin Center of Science.

4. Which biologist thought of Darwin's finches as "not separate species at all, but 'hybrid swarms'"?
(a) Percy R. Lowe.
(b) David Lack.
(c) Jamie Smith.
(d) Peter Boag.

5. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?
(a) Peter Grant.
(b) Lisle Gibbs.
(c) Ian Abbott.
(d) Peter Boag.

6. Who was the first person who could recognize all the finches on Daphne Major?
(a) Trevor Price.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Rosemary Grant.
(d) Nicola Grant.

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

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

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

10. Which book is quoted at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Gilgamesh.
(b) Genesis.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) Ovid.

11. What plants did the Grants find growing on Nuñez?
(a) Oak trees.
(b) Flame trees.
(c) Green beans.
(d) Hibiscus.

12. From how far away do the Grants take photographs of the finches for their research?
(a) 1 meter.
(b) 53 centimeters.
(c) 27 centimeters.
(d) 91 centimeters.

13. 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) The McGill nutcracker.
(d) Sphygmomanometer.

14. How many times did the Croton trees bloom in the rains of 1982-83?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

15. Which year was the dry year that is discussed in Chapter 5?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1983.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, when observing Darwin's finches in museums, noticed the many differences in the birds' beaks?

2. What type of finch is Number 3425?

3. What was the name of Darwin's grandfather?

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

5. Who was Trevor Price's assistant in the Galapagos?

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