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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 small bird resembles quail in its habits and snipe in its looks?
(a) the tinochorus rumicivorous
(b) the flightless pheasant
(c) the South American mockingbird
(d) the avioticus imbicilus

2. Who does Darwin encounter in the village of Las Minas?
(a) the gauchos
(b) some bandits
(c) the military
(d) the Incas

3. What does the man think Darwin is going to do?
(a) give him money
(b) make him work
(c) strike him
(d) push him into the water

4. 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

5. After leaving Las Minas, what does Darwin see near marble outcroppings?
(a) pygmie hippopotamuses
(b) kangaroos and wallabies
(c) large flocks of ostriches roaming the land
(d) giant land turtles

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the dates of Charles Darwin's life span?

2. What are two important items used by the gauchos?

3. How does Darwin describe Gen. Rosas?

4. What is the composition of most of the rock formations on the Brazilian coast?

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

(see the answer key)

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