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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the iguanas in the Galapagos eat?

2. What plants did the Grants find growing on Nuñez?

3. How long have the Grants been conducting research on this island?

4. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the significance about the year 1983 as described in Chapter 8.

3. Describe the scope and methods of Trevor Price's observation of the finches.

4. Compare and contrast evolution as seen through the fossil record and as observed in real time.

5. How did Darwin react to the finches while he was in the Galapagos and later while he was in England?

6. What is significant about the hybrid finches discussed in Chapter 8?

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

8. Explain the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker.

9. Describe the appearance of Daphne Major after it stopped raining in Chapter 7.

10. What was Darwin's seed experiment that is discussed in Chapter 9, and how did he carry it out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Weiner's use of conceit (extended metaphor) and its significance in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the difference between the fossil record and real-time observations as concerns tracing the path of evolution.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast two episodes of anthropomorphism in the book.

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