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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one of the industries of the native population near the military post?
(a) making lazo, or lassos, for the gauchos
(b) making the round stones for the bolas
(c) trading horses they caught and trained
(d) weaving ponchos for gauchos

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

4. What are two important items used by the gauchos?
(a) the lazo (lasso) and the bola
(b) blow guns and spears
(c) rifles and bows
(d) knives and pistols

5. What are the two different styles Darwin uses in his journal?
(a) biologist and engineer
(b) clergyman and scientist
(c) explorer and philosopher
(d) scientist and journalist

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the composition of Sierra de la Ventana?

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

3. What does Darwin find in the area of Bahia Blanca?

4. What does Darwin find while exploring Cape de Verd?

5. What animal is a scavenger for hard objects it piles at the entrance to its burrows?

(see the answer key)

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