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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the evening meal consist of at Don Juan Fuentes' house?
(a) only a variety of vegetables
(b) barbecued goat and wine
(c) fried eggs and flying fish
(d) nothing but meat and water

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

4. Why do Darwin and Mariano Gonzales take ten pack mules on the trek across the Andes?
(a) in case they have to hire extra guides
(b) in case they stay longer than planned
(c) in case they become snowed in
(d) in case they get lost

5. What does Darwin speculate about the continents?
(a) why they are so different
(b) volcanic anctions in all of them
(c) shifts in the earth's teutonic plates
(d) a land bridge across what is now the Bering Strait

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Capt. Fitz Roy's plan after anchoring at the mouth of the Santa Cruz River?

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

3. How does Darwin get to the Blue Mountains?

4. Who are the unusually tall people compared to other natives of the area?

5. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?

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