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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 is the name of the Charles Darwin Research Station's journal?

2. How many people carry the bacteria that causes tuberculosis?

3. Which Greek philosopher is quoted at the end of Chapter 13?

4. What is the name of the mutant gene that helps flies resist DDT?

5. What animal does Scott Carroll study?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the place in which the Grants keep finch blood samples.

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

3. What is the significance of the finch's songs? Explain in detail.

4. What significance did Hermon Carey Bumpus discover in the sparrows' deaths? What significance did Peter Grant see?

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

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

7. Describe what Martin Taylor does with the moth samples he receives.

8. Describe the act of "speciation" in the haw flies.

9. Why do plants hybridize rather readily?

10. Explain how bacteria build up resistance to antibiotics.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Grants' tools on Daphne Major and at Princeton.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of journey as it is presented throughout the book, culminating with its appearance in the epilogue.

Essay Topic 3

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

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