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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin observe that is formed by lightning hitting the hills and traversing through the sand?
(a) veins of gold
(b) glass tubes
(c) black glass
(d) silicone balls

2. How does Darwin describe Gen. Rosas?
(a) as a tall thin man who does not wear his uniform well
(b) as a fat, jolly man who loves to talk
(c) as a disturbed man who wants to be in Buenos Aires
(d) as a masterful horseman who dresses like the gauchos

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

4. Who does Darwin encounter in the village of Las Minas?
(a) the military
(b) the Incas
(c) some bandits
(d) the gauchos

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Darwin to visit an estate near Rio de Janeiro?

2. What are two important items used by the gauchos?

3. Where does Darwin stay at Socego?

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

5. What does Darwin see at Punta Alta?

(see the answer key)

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