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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened at Sierra Tapalguen the night before Darwin and company arrive at the nearby outpost?
(a) an eclipse of the moon
(b) a hailstorm with hail as large as apples
(c) an electrical storm that set the forest ablaze
(d) a tornado a mile wide

2. What animal is a scavenger for hard objects it piles at the entrance to its burrows?
(a) the bizcacha
(b) the iguana
(c) the packrat
(d) the toucan

3. What are the two different styles Darwin uses in his journal?
(a) biologist and engineer
(b) explorer and philosopher
(c) scientist and journalist
(d) clergyman and scientist

4. What do Darwin and his gaucho companion hear at the Sauce outpost?
(a) stories about strange animals in that area
(b) stories about the battles between the army and natives
(c) stories about a Spanish warship
(d) stories about a volcanic eruption in another area

5. What marine creature does Darwin discover off of St. Domingo that he keeps in his cabin?
(a) a cuttlefish
(b) a sea slug
(c) an octopus
(d) a starfish

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man think Darwin is going to do?

2. Where do seals and penguins surround the ship and make noises that resemble cattle?

3. What does Darwin compare to the taste of veal?

4. Where does Darwin stay at Socego?

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

(see the answer key)

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