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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the Kauai pine?
(a) trees as large as giant redwoods
(b) trees that once grew all over the land
(c) gnarled brush that covers the land
(d) pitiful cries of mountain wildcats

2. What does Darwin see at Chatham Island?
(a) large pelicans along the coast
(b) thriving fishing villages
(c) huge tortoises weighing up to 200 pounds
(d) rock dwelling monkeys

3. On the way after Monte Video, what surrounds the Beagle?
(a) a swarm of butterflies and other flying insects
(b) man eating sharks
(c) hostile natives in canoes
(d) schools of dolphins

4. What does Darwin collect traveling around Argentina?
(a) leaves, parasites, and ledgends
(b) fresh fruit to take back to the Beagle
(c) common rocks and precious stones
(d) many species of quadrupeds, birds, lizards and snakes

5. What does Darwin discover on the way back to Chile by way of the Uspallata pass north of Mendoza?
(a) silicified wood in the form of standing tree trunks
(b) ruins of an ancient civilization
(c) quarts cliffs of many colors
(d) hot springs where he stops to bathe

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Darwin see a rocky, steep hill jutting about 1,000 feet into the sky?

2. Where does the Beagle head after New Zealand?

3. What is the stormy place the Beagle visits where the people raise pigs and potatoes and catch fish?

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

5. In addition to the volcanic formation of St. Domingo, what does Darwin notice about the island?

(see the answer key)

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