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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin observe along the rivers of the Andes?
(a) the poverty of the people
(b) the richness of mineral resources
(c) the calmness of the water
(d) the color of the water

2. How does Darwin surmise the butterflies and insects got to where the Beagle is?
(a) chased out to sea by insect eating birds
(b) migrating across the Pacific Ocean toward Asia
(c) following the scent of fresh fruit on the Beagle
(d) blown out to sea rather than being on a migration

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

4. Where does Darwin spend ten weeks at the mouth of the Plata River?
(a) in a Brazilian fort
(b) at a British outpost
(c) a camp set up especially for him
(d) a small town named Maldonado

5. What does Darwin see along the way where robbers hide and cattle can be lost?
(a) vast expanses of thistles
(b) dark hollows
(c) thick copses
(d) many rocky caves

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a principal industry of Chile that Darwin observes?

2. What is the composition of the Cape de Verd Islands?

3. Where does Darwin see plants and animals similar to what he saw on the plains of Patagonia?

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

5. What causes the different colored water Darwin sees after leaving Bahia?

(see the answer key)

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