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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Darwin discover that some small owls eat by examining the contents of their stomachs?
(a) eggs and other birds
(b) grain and insects
(c) fruit and vegetables
(d) mice and snakes

4. What does Darwin learn about the ostrich?
(a) the ostrich mates only once in a lifetime
(b) the ostrich lays six eggs at a time
(c) the ostrich swims long distances
(d) the ostrich builds nests of clay

5. What does the man think Darwin is going to do?
(a) give him money
(b) push him into the water
(c) strike him
(d) make him work

Short Answer Questions

1. Sailing away from Rio de Janeiro, what does Darwin see?

2. Upon Darwin's return to Buenos Aires, what is going on?

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

4. How does Darwin attempt to communicate with a large black man on a ferry?

5. What is Darwin's profession?

(see the answer key)

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