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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. Chapter 17 showcases the evolution of which mammal?

2. Approximately how many species of birds are there in the world?

3. Weiner states in Chapter 14 that the finches are like which work of art?

4. What is the painting called that Henry Stacy Marks created?

5. What does an old woman in Puerto Ayora eat to avenge herself against the finches?

Short Essay Questions

1. Answer Weiner's question, "Why are there so many kinds of animals?"

2. What is the significance of Darwin's spelling errors for modern science?

3. What did Lewontin and Birch discover about the Dacus tryoni?

4. Summarize Gayle Davies' experience with the finches.

5. Explain the Drosophila experiment and its significance.

6. Describe how Biston betularia changed color and why it is changing back.

7. What effect do the finches have on cactus flowers?

8. Explain how ocean currents affect the Galapagos Islands.

9. Explain the humor that the Grants find in the painting Science Is Measurement.

10. Describe the two shorelines that Weiner discusses in Chapter 11.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the personality and work of Rosemary Grant, and compare and contrast her with another person in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Explicate and defend Weiner's use of epigraphs in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Weiner's use of description in the scene of the freezer that contains the finches' blood samples.

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