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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 does Darwin discover had happened at El Carmen or Patagones?
(a) wild natives had attacked and destroyed the ranches
(b) forest fires had decimated the area
(c) a cyclone had flattened all the vegetation
(d) a volcano had erupted fifty miles away

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

3. What does Darwin see at Punta Alta?
(a) a squirrel called rocky
(b) a cat called gatito
(c) a man called horse
(d) a skunk called a zorillo

4. What do Gen. Rosa's soldiers do after killing the adult natives?
(a) Feed the natives to the crocodiles.
(b) Scalp the natives.
(c) Barbecue the natives.
(d) They keep the children to sell as slaves.

5. What is one of the industries of the native population near the military post?
(a) making the round stones for the bolas
(b) making lazo, or lassos, for the gauchos
(c) trading horses they caught and trained
(d) weaving ponchos for gauchos

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can two dead monkeys not be shaken out of a tree?

2. What does the evening meal consist of at Don Juan Fuentes' house?

3. What does Darwin have to do for two days at the military encampment?

4. After the return to Rio de Janeiro, where does Darwin stay that is rich in resources for the naturalist?

5. Where does Darwin see a rocky, steep hill jutting about 1,000 feet into the sky?

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