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

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

3. At Botofogo Bay, what does Darwin find that interests him?
(a) strange flesh eating fish
(b) many species of birds
(c) many species of planaria (flatworms)
(d) new kinds of bees

4. What causes the different colored water Darwin sees after leaving Bahia?
(a) undersea volcano eruptions
(b) variance in temperature
(c) small interlocking organisms
(d) color from iron oxide deposits

5. How does Darwin attempt to communicate with a large black man on a ferry?
(a) points to what he wants
(b) talks loud and makes hand gestures
(c) pantomimes
(d) draws pictures

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the evening meal consist of at Don Juan Fuentes' house?

2. What does Darwin collect traveling around Argentina?

3. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?

4. What do Darwin's discoveries cause him to think about?

5. What do Darwin and his gaucho companion hear at the Sauce outpost?

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