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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must Darwin and his guide cross on the way back to Hacienda de San Isidro?
(a) a suspension bridge made of rope and hide
(b) a line of military guarding the border
(c) a dry, parched desert
(d) a rapids in a mountain river

2. What is the stormy place the Beagle visits where the people raise pigs and potatoes and catch fish?
(a) the Isle of Man
(b) the island of Santiago
(c) the Virgin Islands
(d) the island of Chiloe

3. How does Darwin describe Gen. Rosas?
(a) as a tall thin man who does not wear his uniform well
(b) as a fat, jolly man who loves to talk
(c) as a disturbed man who wants to be in Buenos Aires
(d) as a masterful horseman who dresses like the gauchos

4. Why do they have a problem with making a meal at 11,000 feet?
(a) There are few sticks to use for making a fire.
(b) Their supplies are all frozen.
(c) The wind blows out their fire.
(d) Water boils at a very low temperature at this altitude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Darwin and his companions find at the Colorado River?

2. Who does Darwin accompany while exploring around Botofogo Bay?

3. What is Darwin told about climatic events in the area?

4. What does the man think Darwin is going to do?

5. What does Darwin speculate died out on the continent long before the Spanish arrived?

(see the answer key)

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