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

2. On his way up the coast of Chile toward Copiapo, why does Darwin turn inland toward the mining area?
(a) The coastline becomes impassable.
(b) He is bored looking at the sea all the time.
(c) He does not find much of interest along the coast.
(d) He hears about strange plant life at the mines.

3. What large bird does Darwin shoot up the Santa Cruz River?
(a) an eagle
(b) a pelican
(c) a condor
(d) an ostrich

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Darwin find mostly desert with a few mines of low quality here and there?

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

5. What is one of the industries of the native population near the military post?

(see the answer key)

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