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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin discover at the saltpeter mine?
(a) nothing remarkable
(b) crystal formations
(c) hot springs
(d) thistle forests

2. What is Darwin's assessment of the natives on Tierra del Fuego?
(a) They are intelligent enough to someday become civilized.
(b) They are stupid because of inbreeding.
(c) They are an advanced civilization.
(d) They are too primitive to civilize.

3. What does Darwin begin to notice about the different Galapagos islands?
(a) the birds do not pass from one island to another
(b) each island has different kinds of frogs
(c) the natural inhabitants of each island differ in slight ways
(d) the animals and plants are all the same

4. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?
(a) Machu Picchu
(b) Amazonia
(c) Lima
(d) Buenos Aires

5. How does Darwin speculate the craggy boulders around the mountains were moved?
(a) by volcanic eruptions
(b) by meteors
(c) by seismic activity
(d) by floating icebergs

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Darwin describe the dress of the Chilean miners?

2. After leaving the Santa Cruz River, where does the Beagle make its next stop?

3. What affirmation does Darwin make about the earth?

4. How does the Santa Cruz River bed change as Darwin moves upstream?

5. What does Darwin discover had happened at El Carmen or Patagones?

(see the answer key)

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