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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whose "Thinking Path" is described in Chapter 9?
(a) Darwin's.
(b) John Milton's.
(c) Peter Grant's.
(d) David Lack's.
2. What unusual seed did the Grants find on Genovesa after El Niño?
(a) Buckeye.
(b) Wild grape.
(c) Poison apple.
(d) Sumac.
3. How many plants grew in Darwin's cup of dirt?
(a) 10.
(b) 537.
(c) 326.
(d) 82.
4. What book did Darwin call his "Big Book"?
(a) Galapagos.
(b) The Origin of Species.
(c) The Voyage of the Beagle.
(d) War and Peace.
5. Who named one finch species "Geospiza incerta," which, according to Weiner, means "ground finch, I guess"?
(a) Darwin.
(b) John Gould.
(c) Carolus Linnaeus.
(d) Peter Grant.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the animal resulting from the cross between a male horse and a female donkey?
2. How many eggs did the best-breeding finch lay in the rainy season?
3. As described at the end of Chapter 6, for what were Trevor Price and Lisle Gibbs waiting?
4. Which of the following is not a predator mentioned in Chapter 6?
5. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the scope and methods of Trevor Price's observation of the finches.
2. Describe some of the unusual finch behaviors during the drought.
3. Describe the appearance of Daphne Major after it stopped raining in Chapter 7.
4. What difference did Darwin see among the barnacles, and how did he react?
5. Which Fortis finches survived the drought of 1977, and why?
6. What is significant about the hybrid finches discussed in Chapter 8?
7. Summarize Endler's guppy experiments.
8. Explain the significance of the Tribulus seed for Darwin's finches.
9. Explain the significance of black and brown feathers in finch males, as discussed in Chapter 6.
10. Under what circumstances do finches drink nectar?
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