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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Darwin see camphor, pepper, cinnamon and clove trees, along with breadfruit, jaca and mango?
(a) the edge of the sea
(b) in a Brazilian marketplace
(c) deep in the Brazilian jungle
(d) the Botanical Garden

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. In addition to the volcanic formation of St. Domingo, what does Darwin notice about the island?
(a) a band of chalk
(b) strange stratas of slate
(c) large mud floes
(d) evidence of diamond formations

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the composition of most of the rock formations on the Brazilian coast?

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

4. Why can two dead monkeys not be shaken out of a tree?

5. Why is a tree Darwin comes across famous among the natives?

(see the answer key)

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