View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes massive destruction and takes many lives at Valdavia?
(a) a cyclone
(b) landslides off the mountains
(c) huge tsunamis
(d) the eruption of several volcanoes

3. Where does Darwin particularly admire the view?
(a) the Aqua del Guanaco spring
(b) the summit of Bell Mountain
(c) the Hacienda de San Isidro
(d) the copper mines of Jajuel

4. Where does Darwin see plants and animals similar to what he saw on the plains of Patagonia?
(a) at Machu Picchu
(b) at the summit of the mountains
(c) in mountain caves
(d) at their camp at Los Arenales

5. What does Darwin find in relationship to his interest in plants and animals?
(a) too much diversity to classify all
(b) strange new species
(c) specimens too large to take back
(d) almost no new species

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Darwin describe the dress of the Chilean miners?

2. What large bird does Darwin shoot up the Santa Cruz River?

3. What is Darwin's assessment of the natives on Tierra del Fuego?

4. How does Darwin describe Gen. Rosas?

5. What is a particular riding skill of a gaucho?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 325 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample