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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 collect traveling around Argentina?
(a) fresh fruit to take back to the Beagle
(b) leaves, parasites, and ledgends
(c) common rocks and precious stones
(d) many species of quadrupeds, birds, lizards and snakes

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

3. How does Darwin end up bringing his own horse down?
(a) trying to lasso a steer
(b) jumping over a cactus
(c) climbing up a ravine
(d) attempting to use a bola

4. What is the sociological condition in Brazil that disturbs Darwin?
(a) hegemony
(b) slavery
(c) anarchy
(d) poverty

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does sea salt work better than lake salt as a preservative?

5. On the way to Santa Fe, what makes the road very difficult, especially for the many carts with huge wheels?

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