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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the Santa Cruz River bed change as Darwin moves upstream?
(a) from stones to black volcanic rock
(b) from red clay to smooth stones
(c) from sand and silt to polished granite
(d) from stones to marshy sand

3. What does Darwin see at Chatham Island?
(a) rock dwelling monkeys
(b) thriving fishing villages
(c) huge tortoises weighing up to 200 pounds
(d) large pelicans along the coast

4. What keeps Darwin on board the Beagle after it sails to Lima?
(a) the political unrest in Peru
(b) his weakened health
(c) a cholera epidemic in Peru
(d) his lost passport

5. What is one of the industries of the native population near the military post?
(a) making the round stones for the bolas
(b) trading horses they caught and trained
(c) weaving ponchos for gauchos
(d) making lazo, or lassos, for the gauchos

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Beagle anchor at Tierra del Fuego island?

2. What is Darwin's assessment of the natives on Tierra del Fuego?

3. What does Darwin have to do for two days at the military encampment?

4. What does Darwin discover at the saltpeter mine?

5. What is Capt. Fitz Roy's plan after anchoring at the mouth of the Santa Cruz River?

(see the answer key)

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