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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. Who wrote the book Natural Selection in the Wild?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Peter Grant.
(c) David Lack.
(d) John Endler.

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

3. With what does Rosemary bait the finch traps?
(a) Birdseed.
(b) Seal blubber.
(c) Banana.
(d) Apple.

4. Weiner compares the Cactus finch to whom in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Plains Indians.
(b) The Pittsburgh Penguins.
(c) The faculty of the University of Michigan.
(d) The Pilgrims.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which animal did the evolutionist David Lack not consider when formulating his ideas, as mentioned in Chapter 4?

2. Approximately how many islands are in the Galapagos Archipelago?

3. According to chapter 9, what percentage of the birds on Darwin's property were killed in the cold weather?

4. What animal does Weiner describe as having "the body plan of a volcano"?

5. Which year was the dry year that is discussed in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the "most miserable piece of data" Peter Boag ever gathered? Explain.

2. Describe the view from the peak of Daphne Major.

3. Discuss the likelihood that two species will hybridize and the probable outcomes of such a hybridization.

4. How did the finches respond to the rain after the intense drought?

5. Which Fortis finches survived the drought of 1977, and why?

6. Describe what Peter Boag and Laurene Ratcliffe did on Daphne Major while waiting for rain.

7. Explain El Niño and how it affects the Galapagos Islands.

8. Explain the occurrence of natural selection that Dolph Schluter found in the sparrows.

9. Explain Darwin's "eureka" from Chapter 10.

10. Explain the significance of black and brown feathers in finch males, as discussed in Chapter 6.

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