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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Darwin see camphor, pepper, cinnamon and clove trees, along with breadfruit, jaca and mango?
(a) the edge of the sea
(b) deep in the Brazilian jungle
(c) the Botanical Garden
(d) in a Brazilian marketplace

3. What marine creature does Darwin discover off of St. Domingo that he keeps in his cabin?
(a) an octopus
(b) a sea slug
(c) a cuttlefish
(d) a starfish

4. In addition to the volcanic formation of St. Domingo, what does Darwin notice about the island?
(a) strange stratas of slate
(b) large mud floes
(c) a band of chalk
(d) evidence of diamond formations

5. Where does Darwin stay at Socego?
(a) with native Indians
(b) the Mandetiba inn
(c) the estate of Manuel Figuireda
(d) in makeshift tents

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Brazilian villages remind Darwin of?

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

3. What affirmation does Darwin make about the earth?

4. What does Darwin find while exploring Cape de Verd?

5. Who takes Darwin and his gaucho companion to a mountain called the Sierra de la Ventana?

(see the answer key)

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