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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Darwin spend ten weeks at the mouth of the Plata River?
(a) a camp set up especially for him
(b) a small town named Maldonado
(c) in a Brazilian fort
(d) at a British outpost

2. After leaving Las Minas, what does Darwin see near marble outcroppings?
(a) large flocks of ostriches roaming the land
(b) pygmie hippopotamuses
(c) giant land turtles
(d) kangaroos and wallabies

3. What is one of the industries of the native population near the military post?
(a) weaving ponchos for gauchos
(b) making the round stones for the bolas
(c) trading horses they caught and trained
(d) making lazo, or lassos, for the gauchos

4. What causes the different colored water Darwin sees after leaving Bahia?
(a) undersea volcano eruptions
(b) variance in temperature
(c) small interlocking organisms
(d) color from iron oxide deposits

5. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?
(a) Buenos Aires
(b) Lima
(c) Amazonia
(d) Machu Picchu

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Darwin stay at Socego?

2. What do the Brazilian villages remind Darwin of?

3. After the return to Rio de Janeiro, where does Darwin stay that is rich in resources for the naturalist?

4. What does Darwin find while exploring Cape de Verd?

5. What is Darwin's profession?

(see the answer key)

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