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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes Darwin and his gaucho companion to a mountain called the Sierra de la Ventana?
(a) a Portuguese priest
(b) a friendly native
(c) a local rancher
(d) a military guide

2. What does Darwin have to do for two days at the military encampment?
(a) little else but observe the natives
(b) listen to stories about native religion
(c) catch up on entries in his journal
(d) classify the various fish caught in the Colorado

3. What do the inhabitants of a ranch north of the Polanco River find interesting when Darwin arrives?
(a) the odd clothes that Darwin wears
(b) Darwin's compass and maps and phosphorous matches
(c) the pictures Darwin draws of plants and insects
(d) the color of Darwin's skin

4. What does Darwin discover that some small owls eat by examining the contents of their stomachs?
(a) fruit and vegetables
(b) mice and snakes
(c) eggs and other birds
(d) grain and insects

5. What does Darwin find that thrives in the area around the salt lakes?
(a) a species of birds
(b) a species of worms
(c) a species of snakes
(d) a species of mammals

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin collect traveling around Argentina?

2. What does Darwin discover had happened at El Carmen or Patagones?

3. What is a sporting way gauchos sometimes dismount?

4. Why can two dead monkeys not be shaken out of a tree?

5. In addition to the volcanic formation of St. Domingo, what does Darwin notice about the island?

(see the answer key)

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