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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As of the time of Rosemary's interview in Chapter 8, how many finches were not banded on Daphne Major?
(a) 1.
(b) 12.
(c) 100.
(d) 20.

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

3. Which weed does Chapter 4 discuss in detail?
(a) Thistle.
(b) Caltrop.
(c) Lemon grass.
(d) Dandelion.

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

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

6. How many species of Ground finch are there in the Galapagos?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Six.

7. Who was Trevor Price's assistant in the Galapagos?
(a) Carlos Nuñez.
(b) Tjitte de Vries.
(c) Laurene Ratcliffe.
(d) Spike Millington.

8. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1985.

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

10. The Grants' research is compared to which novel?
(a) Jane Eyre.
(b) Great Expectations.
(c) Anna Karenina.
(d) War and Peace.

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

12. Which animal did the evolutionist David Lack not consider when formulating his ideas, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Snails.
(b) Paramecia.
(c) Barnacles.
(d) Finches.

13. How many eggs did the best-breeding finch lay in the rainy season?
(a) 20.
(b) 32.
(c) 29.
(d) 14.

14. Cactus finches build their nest to protect themselves from which animal?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Owls.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Scorpions.

15. How much rain fell on the day the severe drought ended, as mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Fifty millimeters.
(b) Two inches.
(c) One inch.
(d) Thirty millimeters.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, to which mythical figure does Weiner compare the finches?

2. What color is the beak of a finch that is about to mate?

3. How long did Darwin study barnacles?

4. Where did John Endler build his experimental ponds?

5. What part of the finch is the tarsus?

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