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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?
(a) Lima
(b) Machu Picchu
(c) Amazonia
(d) Buenos Aires

2. What does Darwin find while exploring Cape de Verd?
(a) fossils of extremely large land animals
(b) remains of a forgotten 14th century civilization
(c) a cemetery with headstones dating back to the 16th century
(d) an amazing variety of strange plants

3. What do reddish brown clouds turn out to be?
(a) a destructive swarm of locusts
(b) a desert dust storm
(c) a reflection of the setting sun
(d) a mirage

4. What does the host at the Hacienda de San Isidro provide for Darwin?
(a) a fresh horse and a guide
(b) clothes more suitable for the weather
(c) a secretary to transcribe his notes
(d) maps of the Chilean coastline

5. What animal is a scavenger for hard objects it piles at the entrance to its burrows?
(a) the iguana
(b) the packrat
(c) the toucan
(d) the bizcacha

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Darwin describe Gen. Rosas?

2. What animal life does Darwin observe on the trail?

3. Who is the old school friend of Darwin's he stays with in Chile?

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

5. Where does Darwin prepare to cross the Andes Mountains through the Portillo pass?

(see the answer key)

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