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

2. What animals had been introduced on East Falkland Island?
(a) goats and koalas
(b) sheep and house cats
(c) a herd of cattle and rabbits
(d) kangaroos and ostriches

3. What does Darwin see at Punta Alta?
(a) a man called horse
(b) a skunk called a zorillo
(c) a cat called gatito
(d) a squirrel called rocky

4. What must the people do at Iquique?
(a) fight the natives
(b) grow their own food
(c) build strong houses
(d) import everything

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?

3. What do Darwin and his companions find at the Colorado River?

4. How does Darwin describe Gen. Rosas?

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

(see the answer key)

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