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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sailing away from Rio de Janeiro, what does Darwin see?
(a) a pod of whales
(b) giant squid
(c) shark infested waters
(d) hundreds of porpoises

2. How does Darwin attempt to communicate with a large black man on a ferry?
(a) talks loud and makes hand gestures
(b) pantomimes
(c) draws pictures
(d) points to what he wants

3. What does Darwin find in the area of Bahia Blanca?
(a) the dry bed of an inland sea
(b) the fossilized skeletons of huge animals
(c) large reptiles that attack cattle
(d) evidence of a major earthquake

4. What is the sociological condition in Brazil that disturbs Darwin?
(a) slavery
(b) poverty
(c) anarchy
(d) hegemony

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Darwin spend ten weeks at the mouth of the Plata River?

2. What does Darwin see at Punta Alta?

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

4. Why is a tree Darwin comes across famous among the natives?

5. What causes the different colored water Darwin sees after leaving Bahia?

(see the answer key)

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