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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Beagle after passing through the Strait of Magellan?
(a) the mouth of an unnamed river
(b) the relatively calm Pacific Ocean
(c) headed toward New Zealand
(d) the Antarctic Sea

2. On his second attempt, what is Capt. Fitz Roy able to navigate successfully?
(a) the Strait of Magellan
(b) the Antarctic Channel
(c) the Great Barrier Reef
(d) the Sea of Sighs

3. What does Darwin do during his three-day stay in Socego?
(a) climbs trees
(b) go hungry
(c) catch up on his sleep
(d) collects insects within the forest

4. Upon Darwin's return to Buenos Aires, what is going on?
(a) a celebration
(b) a serious drought
(c) a revolution
(d) an international meeting

5. What is located at the Bay of Valparaiso?
(a) the primary Chilean seaport
(b) the last Spanish trading post
(c) Horsetail Falls
(d) the first of the southern islands

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Darwin find in the Santa Fe area?

4. What does the kingfisher use to collect its food?

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

(see the answer key)

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