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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who analyzed the finch data from the 1970s using partial regression analysis?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) Trevor Price.
(c) Ian Abbott.
(d) Rosemary Grant.

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

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

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

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

6. Which type of animal in the Galapagos has one alpha male that mates with many females?
(a) Iguana.
(b) Booby.
(c) Sea lion.
(d) Tortoise.

7. What animals did Darwin call "imps of darkness"?
(a) Tortoises.
(b) Mockingbirds.
(c) Iguanas.
(d) Sea lions.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Who has deeply studied the history of studying evolution in the Galapagos Islands?
(a) David Anderson.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) William Hamilton.
(d) Frank J. Sulloway.

14. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?
(a) Twinkies.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) Walnuts.
(d) Pistachios.

15. Who named one finch species "Geospiza incerta," which, according to Weiner, means "ground finch, I guess"?
(a) Carolus Linnaeus.
(b) Darwin.
(c) John Gould.
(d) Peter Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Darwin study barnacles?

2. What do the iguanas in the Galapagos eat?

3. How long was the "Thinking Path"?

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

5. Which are the "fittest finches on the island," as discussed in Chapter 8?

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