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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Beagle anchor at Tierra del Fuego island?
(a) the Bay of Bengal
(b) the Bay of Good Success
(c) the Bay of Santiago
(d) the Bay of Good Hope

2. How does Darwin describe Gen. Rosas?
(a) as a disturbed man who wants to be in Buenos Aires
(b) as a masterful horseman who dresses like the gauchos
(c) as a tall thin man who does not wear his uniform well
(d) as a fat, jolly man who loves to talk

3. What do the gauchos prepare for a meal on the island?
(a) a spit roasted wild goat
(b) puma steaks
(c) a boneless roast with the hide still on the meat
(d) a soup made with a large turtle

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

5. Why is a tree Darwin comes across famous among the natives?
(a) It is revered as an altar to a god called Walleechu.
(b) It bears a medicinal fruit.
(c) It is the largest tree in South America.
(d) It can be seen for miles in any direction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does sea salt work better than lake salt as a preservative?

2. How does Darwin speculate the craggy boulders around the mountains were moved?

3. After sailing away from Chile, where does the Beagle go?

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

5. What animals had been introduced on East Falkland Island?

(see the answer key)

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