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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sparrows survived the first population crash that Jamie Smith studied?
(a) 8.
(b) 102.
(c) 56.
(d) 14.

2. What organization did Tjitte de Vries direct?
(a) The Environmental Protection Agency.
(b) The Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
(c) The Charles Darwin Research Station.
(d) The Finch Unit.

3. Whose A Short History of Biology "killed Darwin with kindness," according to Weiner?
(a) David Lack's.
(b) Percy Bysshe Shelley's.
(c) Peter Grant's.
(d) Singer's.

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

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

6. Whose appearance is described at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Ian Abbott.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) Laurene Ratcliffe.
(d) Rosemary Grant.

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

8. What was the name of the captain of Darwin's ship?
(a) FitzRoy.
(b) McCoy.
(c) FitzWilliam.
(d) Dickens.

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

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

11. How many plants grew in Darwin's cup of dirt?
(a) 82.
(b) 10.
(c) 326.
(d) 537.

12. What do the iguanas in the Galapagos eat?
(a) Finches.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Croton seeds.
(d) Insects.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?

2. As Chapter 5 ends, Weiner mentions which food that Darwin ate in the Galapagos?

3. Who was the first person who could recognize all the finches on Daphne Major?

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

5. In the dry year, how much bigger was the beak of a surviving finch than that of a dead finch?

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