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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Darwin's profession?
(a) a 19th century naturalist
(b) a 19th century chemist
(c) a 19th century ship's captain
(d) a 19th century map maker

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

3. What does Darwin find while exploring Cape de Verd?
(a) an amazing variety of strange plants
(b) a cemetery with headstones dating back to the 16th century
(c) remains of a forgotten 14th century civilization
(d) fossils of extremely large land animals

4. At Botofogo Bay, what does Darwin find that interests him?
(a) many species of planaria (flatworms)
(b) many species of birds
(c) strange flesh eating fish
(d) new kinds of bees

5. Where does Darwin get his first walk through a rain forest?
(a) Fernando Noronha Island
(b) the south of Chile
(c) the Brazilian state of Bahia
(d) the interior of Uruguay

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the gauchos bring down using their bolas?

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

3. Where does Darwin spend ten weeks at the mouth of the Plata River?

4. What are the only two insects Darwin locates on St. Paul's Rocks?

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

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