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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Darwin describe Gen. Rosas?
(a) as a fat, jolly man who loves to talk
(b) as a tall thin man who does not wear his uniform well
(c) as a disturbed man who wants to be in Buenos Aires
(d) as a masterful horseman who dresses like the gauchos

2. At Botofogo Bay, what does Darwin find that interests him?
(a) new kinds of bees
(b) strange flesh eating fish
(c) many species of planaria (flatworms)
(d) many species of birds

3. What do Gen. Rosa's soldiers do after killing the adult natives?
(a) Scalp the natives.
(b) They keep the children to sell as slaves.
(c) Barbecue the natives.
(d) Feed the natives to the crocodiles.

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

5. What does Darwin compare to the taste of veal?
(a) lizard meat
(b) llama meat
(c) armadillo meat
(d) puma meat

6. Where does Darwin see a rocky, steep hill jutting about 1,000 feet into the sky?
(a) St. domingo
(b) St. Paul's Rocks
(c) Fernando Noronha Island
(d) Cape de Verd islands

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

8. What does Darwin learn about the ostrich?
(a) the ostrich builds nests of clay
(b) the ostrich lays six eggs at a time
(c) the ostrich mates only once in a lifetime
(d) the ostrich swims long distances

9. What does Darwin have to do for two days at the military encampment?
(a) classify the various fish caught in the Colorado
(b) little else but observe the natives
(c) listen to stories about native religion
(d) catch up on entries in his journal

10. What is the composition of the Cape de Verd Islands?
(a) tectonic geology and biological diversity
(b) tectonic geology with sparce vegetation
(c) volcanic geology with lush vegetation
(d) volcanic geology and not much vegetation

11. Who invites Darwin to visit an estate near Rio de Janeiro?
(a) an English landowner
(b) a Brazilian general
(c) a wealthy Brazilian
(d) a French explorer

12. What is one of the industries of the native population near the military post?
(a) making the round stones for the bolas
(b) making lazo, or lassos, for the gauchos
(c) trading horses they caught and trained
(d) weaving ponchos for gauchos

13. Who does Darwin encounter in the village of Las Minas?
(a) the gauchos
(b) the military
(c) some bandits
(d) the Incas

14. What is Darwin's assessment of the natives on Tierra del Fuego?
(a) They are intelligent enough to someday become civilized.
(b) They are too primitive to civilize.
(c) They are stupid because of inbreeding.
(d) They are an advanced civilization.

15. What animal life does Darwin observe on the trail?
(a) pumas and wolves
(b) llamas and ostriches
(c) a rabbit-like creature called a bizcacha and a small owl
(d) mustangs and pheasants

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin find in the area of Bahia Blanca?

2. What does Darwin find while exploring Cape de Verd?

3. Where does Darwin see camphor, pepper, cinnamon and clove trees, along with breadfruit, jaca and mango?

4. What is the composition of most of the rock formations on the Brazilian coast?

5. What does Darwin find in the Santa Fe area?

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