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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the only two insects Darwin locates on St. Paul's Rocks?
(a) moths and ants
(b) spiders and parasites brought in on the birds
(c) grasshoppers and flies
(d) ticks and fleas

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

3. What is the Casarita meaning little house builder?
(a) a bird that digs long holes into its underground nest
(b) a species of armadillo
(c) a kind of rabbit that nests in trees
(d) a snake that builds mounds of rock

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin speculate died out on the continent long before the Spanish arrived?

2. Why is a tree Darwin comes across famous among the natives?

3. At Botofogo Bay, what does Darwin find that interests him?

4. Who invites Darwin to visit an estate near Rio de Janeiro?

5. What does Darwin learn about the ostrich?

(see the answer key)

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