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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 is the composition of Sierra de la Ventana?
(a) largely white quartz
(b) mostly granite
(c) mostly ignecious rock
(d) largely limestone

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

3. What are the two different styles Darwin uses in his journal?
(a) scientist and journalist
(b) biologist and engineer
(c) clergyman and scientist
(d) explorer and philosopher

4. What does the evening meal consist of at Don Juan Fuentes' house?
(a) barbecued goat and wine
(b) nothing but meat and water
(c) only a variety of vegetables
(d) fried eggs and flying fish

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin learn about the ostrich?

2. What happened at Sierra Tapalguen the night before Darwin and company arrive at the nearby outpost?

3. What do Gen. Rosa's soldiers do after killing the adult natives?

4. Why does sea salt work better than lake salt as a preservative?

5. How does Darwin end up bringing his own horse down?

(see the answer key)

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