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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the gauchos bring down using their bolas?
(a) game, cattle, horses, or humans
(b) elephants, lions, and kangaroos
(c) trees, cacti, or boulders
(d) birds, monkeys, or crocodiles

2. What causes the different colored water Darwin sees after leaving Bahia?
(a) variance in temperature
(b) small interlocking organisms
(c) undersea volcano eruptions
(d) color from iron oxide deposits

3. Where does Darwin see a rocky, steep hill jutting about 1,000 feet into the sky?
(a) Fernando Noronha Island
(b) St. Paul's Rocks
(c) Cape de Verd islands
(d) St. domingo

4. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?
(a) Machu Picchu
(b) Buenos Aires
(c) Amazonia
(d) Lima

5. What does Darwin discover about fifteen miles from Patagones?
(a) a tar pit
(b) a sand dune mountain
(c) a volcanic crater
(d) a salt lake

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do seals and penguins surround the ship and make noises that resemble cattle?

2. Who does Darwin accompany while exploring around Botofogo Bay?

3. Why can two dead monkeys not be shaken out of a tree?

4. What is the Casarita meaning little house builder?

5. What is the guanaco Darwin sees on the way to the Sauce military outpost?

(see the answer key)

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