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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Beagle stop for three days at the Chonos Archipelago?
(a) because of sickness
(b) to look for crew members
(c) because of a storm
(d) to replenish its supplies

2. Where does Darwin see a rocky, steep hill jutting about 1,000 feet into the sky?
(a) Cape de Verd islands
(b) St. Paul's Rocks
(c) Fernando Noronha Island
(d) St. domingo

3. What amusing thing does Darwin witness outside of Monte Video?
(a) a gaucho crossing a deep river with a reluctant horse
(b) a rabbit hitching a rind on a crocodile
(c) a chicken trying to scare a fox
(d) a small owl trying to catch an anaconda

4. At Botofogo Bay, what does Darwin find that interests him?
(a) new kinds of bees
(b) strange flesh eating fish
(c) many species of planaria (flatworms)
(d) many species of birds

5. What does Darwin write that he found along the banks of the Santa Cruz River?
(a) nothing new or of great interest
(b) kangaroo tracks
(c) large apes
(d) prehistoric fossils

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sociological condition in Brazil that disturbs Darwin?

2. What small bird resembles quail in its habits and snipe in its looks?

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

4. What does Darwin see along the way where robbers hide and cattle can be lost?

5. What reception does the Beagle receive at New Zealand?

(see the answer key)

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