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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do seals and penguins surround the ship and make noises that resemble cattle?
(a) headed north from Rio de Janeiro
(b) just of the coast from Rio de Janeiro
(c) off the coast of Antarctica
(d) the Plata estuary

2. Why is a puppy that will become a sheep dog put in with a herd to grow up?
(a) It grows up understanding what sheep say.
(b) It grows up believing it is a sheep.
(c) It grows up antagonistic to sheep.
(d) It grows up loving sheep.

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

4. What does Darwin discover had happened at El Carmen or Patagones?
(a) a cyclone had flattened all the vegetation
(b) forest fires had decimated the area
(c) a volcano had erupted fifty miles away
(d) wild natives had attacked and destroyed the ranches

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Darwin get his first walk through a rain forest?

3. What happened at Sierra Tapalguen the night before Darwin and company arrive at the nearby outpost?

4. What marine creature does Darwin discover off of St. Domingo that he keeps in his cabin?

5. Who takes Darwin and his gaucho companion to a mountain called the Sierra de la Ventana?

(see the answer key)

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