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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Darwin spend the night after descending the Blue Mountain plateau?
(a) at a sheep ranch
(b) at a cotton plantation
(c) at a modern inn
(d) at a mission

2. What keeps Darwin on board the Beagle after it sails to Lima?
(a) his lost passport
(b) a cholera epidemic in Peru
(c) the political unrest in Peru
(d) his weakened health

3. Where does Darwin see a rocky, steep hill jutting about 1,000 feet into the sky?
(a) St. domingo
(b) Fernando Noronha Island
(c) Cape de Verd islands
(d) St. Paul's Rocks

4. What is the composition of the Cape de Verd Islands?
(a) volcanic geology with lush vegetation
(b) tectonic geology and biological diversity
(c) tectonic geology with sparce vegetation
(d) volcanic geology and not much vegetation

5. What does the evening meal consist of at Don Juan Fuentes' house?
(a) barbecued goat and wine
(b) fried eggs and flying fish
(c) nothing but meat and water
(d) only a variety of vegetables

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Darwin compare the convict slave laborers in Australia?

2. What does Darwin discover had happened at El Carmen or Patagones?

3. In addition to the volcanic formation of St. Domingo, what does Darwin notice about the island?

4. After the miserable climate around Tierra del Fuego, what does Darwin enjoy about Chile?

5. What animal is a scavenger for hard objects it piles at the entrance to its burrows?

(see the answer key)

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