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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leaving Monte Video, where is the Beagle headed?
(a) for Port Desire on the coast of Patagonia
(b) for Baja California
(c) for North America
(d) for Alaska

2. Who are the unusually tall people compared to other natives of the area?
(a) the Tierrans
(b) the Argentinians
(c) the Incas
(d) the Patagonians

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

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

5. Where does the Beagle anchor at Tierra del Fuego island?
(a) the Bay of Good Success
(b) the Bay of Bengal
(c) the Bay of Good Hope
(d) the Bay of Santiago

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the inhabitants of a ranch north of the Polanco River find interesting when Darwin arrives?

2. What does Darwin speculate about as he observes the snow melt percolating and loosening rocks?

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

4. On the way to Santa Fe, what makes the road very difficult, especially for the many carts with huge wheels?

5. Why does the Beagle stop for three days at the Chonos Archipelago?

(see the answer key)

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