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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the composition of most of the rock formations on the Brazilian coast?
(a) iron
(b) limestone
(c) granite
(d) marble

2. What small bird resembles quail in its habits and snipe in its looks?
(a) the avioticus imbicilus
(b) the tinochorus rumicivorous
(c) the South American mockingbird
(d) the flightless pheasant

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

4. What does Darwin do during his three-day stay in Socego?
(a) collects insects within the forest
(b) go hungry
(c) climbs trees
(d) catch up on his sleep

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the gauchos bring down using their bolas?

2. What causes the different colored water Darwin sees after leaving Bahia?

3. What is the guanaco Darwin sees on the way to the Sauce military outpost?

4. What is the Casarita meaning little house builder?

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

(see the answer key)

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