View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man think Darwin is going to do?
(a) strike him
(b) make him work
(c) give him money
(d) push him into the water

2. What theory of Darwin's after observing the atolls is still considered valid today?
(a) why atolls are disappearing
(b) how atolls help the ocean ecology
(c) how the atolls were formed
(d) what makes coral grow in a circle

3. What does Darwin discover about fifteen miles from Patagones?
(a) a volcanic crater
(b) a tar pit
(c) a salt lake
(d) a sand dune mountain

4. Exploring the Chiloe eastern coastline, what does Darwin observe?
(a) the nearly extinct dodo bird
(b) albatros nests
(c) strange granite boulders in the sea
(d) the volcano Orsono

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they have a problem with making a meal at 11,000 feet?

2. After leaving Las Minas, what does Darwin see near marble outcroppings?

3. What does Darwin find in relationship to his interest in plants and animals?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 333 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample