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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 describe Gen. Rosas?
(a) as a fat, jolly man who loves to talk
(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 disturbed man who wants to be in Buenos Aires

2. What does Darwin see on the way to a saltpeter mine?
(a) wild cattle
(b) vultures
(c) Iguanas
(d) llamas

3. What does Darwin discover had happened at El Carmen or Patagones?
(a) a volcano had erupted fifty miles away
(b) wild natives had attacked and destroyed the ranches
(c) forest fires had decimated the area
(d) a cyclone had flattened all the vegetation

4. Why does sea salt work better than lake salt as a preservative?
(a) Sea salt is more plentiful.
(b) Sea salt contains other chemicals that aid in preservation.
(c) Sea salt contains more sodium chloride.
(d) Sea salt is purer than lake salt.

5. What is Capt. Fitz Roy's plan after anchoring at the mouth of the Santa Cruz River?
(a) to spend a few weeks fishing
(b) to take boats up the river as far as he can
(c) to anchor there for the winter
(d) to trade with natives who come in canoes

Short Answer Questions

1. What must the people do at Iquique?

2. What does Darwin find that thrives in the area around the salt lakes?

3. What does Darwin discover at the saltpeter mine?

4. What do the gauchos prepare for a meal on the island?

5. What keeps Darwin on board the Beagle after it sails to Lima?

(see the answer key)

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