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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the mutant gene that helps flies resist DDT?
(a) Kdr.
(b) Mvw.
(c) Zdp.
(d) Env.

2. Approximately how many species of birds are there in the world?
(a) 305.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 970.

3. What part of the human is comparable to the finch's beak, according to Weiner?
(a) The hand.
(b) The eye.
(c) The mind.
(d) The digestive tract.

4. Where did Darwin find the finch Magnirostris magnirostris?
(a) San Cristóbal.
(b) Santa Cruz.
(c) Floreana.
(d) Genovesa.

5. Which plant has dominated Daphne Major since the flood?
(a) Cacabus.
(b) Tribulus.
(c) Passionflower.
(d) Cactus.

6. According to Ernst Mayr, what animal has "specialized in despecialization"?
(a) Finches.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Humans.
(d) Giant pandas.

7. In chapter 15, Weiner discusses the growth of which microbe in a Petri dish?
(a) Streptococcus.
(b) Ebola virus.
(c) E. coli.
(d) Salmonella.

8. What color was the moth Biston betularia in the early 1800s?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Bluish green.
(d) White.

9. On which island do humans not normally live?
(a) San Cristóbal.
(b) Genovesa.
(c) Floreana.
(d) Santa Cruz.

10. Who appears in Chapter 15 separating DNA in plastic bags?
(a) Peter Grant.
(b) Trevor Price.
(c) Peter Boag.
(d) Dolph Schluter.

11. In what state did Benjamin Walsh build his homestead?
(a) California.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Illinois.

12. For what university did the drosophilists discussed in Chapter 12 work?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) Rockefeller University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) New York University.

13. Where did Darwin pick up the second volume of Principles of Geology?
(a) Montevideo.
(b) Guayaquil.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) Valparaíso.

14. In chapter 16, Weiner compares evolutionists to characters in which classic story?
(a) Frankenstein.
(b) Donnie Darko.
(c) Gulliver's Travels.
(d) A Christmas Carol.

15. As witnessed by Hermon Carey Bumpus, which birds died en masse after a blizzard?
(a) Nuthatches.
(b) Starlings.
(c) Chickadees.
(d) English sparrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Grants keep in the freezer in the "sub-subbasement'?

2. How many E. coli bacteria can grow from one bacterium within eight hours?

3. Whom did Darwin commission to breed unusual combinations of pigeons?

4. Who wrote the book The Blind Watchmaker?

5. As mentioned in Chapter 16, Darwin states that which bird landed on his water pitcher?

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