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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin do during his three-day stay in Socego?
(a) climbs trees
(b) catch up on his sleep
(c) collects insects within the forest
(d) go hungry

2. Upon Darwin's return to Buenos Aires, what is going on?
(a) an international meeting
(b) a serious drought
(c) a revolution
(d) a celebration

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

4. Who are the six sailors who show up at the Beagle?
(a) keepers of a lighthouse
(b) guards from a prisoner ship
(c) survivors of a shipwreck
(d) runaways from a whaling ship

5. What does Darwin find in the Santa Fe area?
(a) fossilized crustations from an inland sea
(b) evidence of dinosaurs
(c) tar pits and mammoth tracks
(d) the shell of a gigantic armadillo and a fossilized horse tooth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened at Sierra Tapalguen the night before Darwin and company arrive at the nearby outpost?

2. What amusing thing does Darwin witness outside of Monte Video?

3. How does Darwin make it to Monte Video and the Beagle?

4. What does the evening meal consist of at Don Juan Fuentes' house?

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

(see the answer key)

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