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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Darwin told about climatic events in the area?
(a) rainfall changes in the course of rivers
(b) tidal waves and cyclones
(c) heatwaves and cold spells
(d) drought followed by floods

2. What does Darwin see from the Blue Mountains?
(a) many ships sailing around the continent
(b) cliffs with magnificent views of a harbor
(c) tall trees growing in the valleys below
(d) vast areas of farmland

3. What is the Casarita meaning little house builder?
(a) a kind of rabbit that nests in trees
(b) a species of armadillo
(c) a snake that builds mounds of rock
(d) a bird that digs long holes into its underground nest

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

5. How does Darwin make it to Monte Video and the Beagle?
(a) on horseback
(b) in a military convoy
(c) on a packet boat
(d) on a stagecoach

Short Answer Questions

1. What has meant giving up his usual social circles and going off into unknown territories to meet unforeseen hardships?

2. What is a principal industry of Chile that Darwin observes?

3. Where does Darwin find olive and orange trees and many varieties of vegetables?

4. What animal is a scavenger for hard objects it piles at the entrance to its burrows?

5. What are the dates of Charles Darwin's life span?

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