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

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

3. What does Darwin have to do for two days at the military encampment?
(a) catch up on entries in his journal
(b) listen to stories about native religion
(c) classify the various fish caught in the Colorado
(d) little else but observe the natives

4. After leaving the Santa Cruz River, where does the Beagle make its next stop?
(a) East Falkland Island
(b) Panama
(c) the Galapogas Islands
(d) Baja California

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin write that he found along the banks of the Santa Cruz River?

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

3. What does Darwin discover about fifteen miles from Patagones?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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