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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal life does Darwin observe on the trail?
(a) mustangs and pheasants
(b) llamas and ostriches
(c) pumas and wolves
(d) a rabbit-like creature called a bizcacha and a small owl

2. Where does Darwin particularly admire the view?
(a) the summit of Bell Mountain
(b) the Hacienda de San Isidro
(c) the copper mines of Jajuel
(d) the Aqua del Guanaco spring

3. Where does the Beagle head after New Zealand?
(a) Indonesia
(b) Sydney, Australia
(c) Malaysia
(d) the Philippines

4. What does Darwin find in the Santa Fe area?
(a) the shell of a gigantic armadillo and a fossilized horse tooth.
(b) fossilized crustations from an inland sea
(c) evidence of dinosaurs
(d) tar pits and mammoth tracks

5. What does Darwin speculate died out on the continent long before the Spanish arrived?
(a) tigers
(b) boars
(c) horses
(d) armadillos

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Capt. Fitz Roy's plan after anchoring at the mouth of the Santa Cruz River?

2. What do reddish brown clouds turn out to be?

3. What is the composition of the Cape de Verd Islands?

4. How does the Santa Cruz River bed change as Darwin moves upstream?

5. What are the dates of Charles Darwin's life span?

(see the answer key)

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