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

2. How does Darwin end up bringing his own horse down?
(a) climbing up a ravine
(b) jumping over a cactus
(c) trying to lasso a steer
(d) attempting to use a bola

3. Where does Darwin get his first walk through a rain forest?
(a) the Brazilian state of Bahia
(b) the south of Chile
(c) Fernando Noronha Island
(d) the interior of Uruguay

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

5. Where do seals and penguins surround the ship and make noises that resemble cattle?
(a) headed north from Rio de Janeiro
(b) off the coast of Antarctica
(c) the Plata estuary
(d) just of the coast from Rio de Janeiro

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man think Darwin is going to do?

2. What does Darwin compare to the taste of veal?

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

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

5. How do Darwin and the soldiers make their way toward Buenos Aires?

(see the answer key)

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