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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 takes Darwin and his gaucho companion to a mountain called the Sierra de la Ventana?
(a) a friendly native
(b) a local rancher
(c) a Portuguese priest
(d) a military guide

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

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

4. What does Darwin have to do for two days at the military encampment?
(a) catch up on entries in his journal
(b) classify the various fish caught in the Colorado
(c) listen to stories about native religion
(d) little else but observe the natives

5. What does Darwin collect traveling around Argentina?
(a) many species of quadrupeds, birds, lizards and snakes
(b) common rocks and precious stones
(c) leaves, parasites, and ledgends
(d) fresh fruit to take back to the Beagle

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Darwin's profession?

2. How does Darwin attempt to communicate with a large black man on a ferry?

3. Who does Darwin encounter in the village of Las Minas?

4. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?

5. What does Darwin discover about fifteen miles from Patagones?

(see the answer key)

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