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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. What animal does Weiner describe as having "the body plan of a volcano"?
(a) Barnacle.
(b) Crow.
(c) Mussel.
(d) Tortoise.
2. How much rain has fallen on the island in the past forty-four months?
(a) 500 inches.
(b) 50 inches.
(c) 1/5 of an inch.
(d) 5 inches.
3. What organization did Tjitte de Vries direct?
(a) The Charles Darwin Research Station.
(b) The Environmental Protection Agency.
(c) The Finch Unit.
(d) The Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
4. What is the nickname by which Peter calls the finch in Chapter 1?
(a) Famous Bird.
(b) Oolong Oolong.
(c) Cheeky.
(d) Trouble.
5. Of whom does Peter Grant keep newspaper photos on his office door?
(a) Nicola Grant.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) A bagpipe player.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long was the "Thinking Path"?
2. What color "indicates age and experience" in the male finches' feathers?
3. How many genera of plants did Darwin's friend find in a "small fallow field in Kent"?
4. Which biologist thought of Darwin's finches as "not separate species at all, but 'hybrid swarms'"?
5. What is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe a typical workday for the Grants on Daphne Major.
2. Describe some of the differences between the finch species in the Galapagos.
3. What difference did Darwin see among the barnacles, and how did he react?
4. Explain the significance of black and brown feathers in finch males, as discussed in Chapter 6.
5. Under what circumstances do finches drink nectar?
6. Discuss the likelihood that two species will hybridize and the probable outcomes of such a hybridization.
7. Explain the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker.
8. How did the finches respond to the rain after the intense drought?
9. Of what significance is Darwin's Sandwalk to science?
10. Explain the significance of the Tribulus seed for Darwin's finches.
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