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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 discover had happened at El Carmen or Patagones?
(a) forest fires had decimated the area
(b) a volcano had erupted fifty miles away
(c) wild natives had attacked and destroyed the ranches
(d) a cyclone had flattened all the vegetation

2. Where does Darwin stay at Socego?
(a) with native Indians
(b) in makeshift tents
(c) the Mandetiba inn
(d) the estate of Manuel Figuireda

3. What do the Brazilian villages remind Darwin of?
(a) the Hottentot dwellings of Southern Africa
(b) Scottish villages
(c) paintings of early Egypt
(d) settlements on Cape de Verd

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

5. What are the only two insects Darwin locates on St. Paul's Rocks?
(a) grasshoppers and flies
(b) moths and ants
(c) spiders and parasites brought in on the birds
(d) ticks and fleas

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the evening meal consist of at Don Juan Fuentes' house?

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

3. What does Darwin have to do for two days at the military encampment?

4. After leaving Las Minas, what does Darwin see near marble outcroppings?

5. What marine creature does Darwin discover off of St. Domingo that he keeps in his cabin?

(see the answer key)

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