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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can two dead monkeys not be shaken out of a tree?
(a) they are held by other monkeys
(b) they are wedged in the branches
(c) the grip of their prehensile tails
(d) the grip of their large hands

2. Where does Darwin prepare to cross the Andes Mountains through the Portillo pass?
(a) at Santiago
(b) at Bogota
(c) at Lima
(d) at Valparaiso

3. What do Darwin's discoveries cause him to think about?
(a) species that have become extinct
(b) the many different kins of one species
(c) the pre-historic geology
(d) species unknown in Europe

4. What does Darwin speculate about the continents?
(a) volcanic anctions in all of them
(b) shifts in the earth's teutonic plates
(c) a land bridge across what is now the Bering Strait
(d) why they are so different

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they have a problem with making a meal at 11,000 feet?

2. What is the composition of most of the rock formations on the Brazilian coast?

3. Who are the six sailors who show up at the Beagle?

4. What does Darwin observe along the rivers of the Andes?

5. What does Darwin compare to the taste of veal?

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