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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who argued against the principle of divergence using the phrase "the Ghost of Competition Past"?
(a) David Lack.
(b) Darwin.
(c) Peter Boag.
(d) Joseph Connell.

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

4. Of whom does Peter Grant keep newspaper photos on his office door?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) Nicola Grant.
(d) A bagpipe player.

5. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?
(a) Ferns.
(b) Sea cucumbers.
(c) Seals.
(d) Bracket fungi.

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

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

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

9. What part of the finch is the tarsus?
(a) Leg.
(b) Neck.
(c) Beak.
(d) Wing.

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

11. In what year was the Charles Darwin Research Station founded?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1912.

12. To which of the researchers' objects are finches always attracted?
(a) Fans.
(b) A bucket of water.
(c) The trash can.
(d) Boots.

13. Approximately how many islands are in the Galapagos Archipelago?
(a) 50.
(b) 24.
(c) 36.
(d) 10.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. From how far away do the Grants take photographs of the finches for their research?

2. On which island in the Galapagos archipelago did Darwin land first?

3. Approximately how many species of plants exist in the Galapagos?

4. What organization did Tjitte de Vries direct?

5. What does the Difficilis on the Pinta eat?

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