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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Darwin attempt to communicate with a large black man on a ferry?
(a) talks loud and makes hand gestures
(b) points to what he wants
(c) draws pictures
(d) pantomimes

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

4. What causes the different colored water Darwin sees after leaving Bahia?
(a) color from iron oxide deposits
(b) variance in temperature
(c) undersea volcano eruptions
(d) small interlocking organisms

5. What happened at Sierra Tapalguen the night before Darwin and company arrive at the nearby outpost?
(a) an eclipse of the moon
(b) an electrical storm that set the forest ablaze
(c) a hailstorm with hail as large as apples
(d) a tornado a mile wide

6. How does Darwin end up bringing his own horse down?
(a) climbing up a ravine
(b) trying to lasso a steer
(c) attempting to use a bola
(d) jumping over a cactus

7. Where does Darwin get his first walk through a rain forest?
(a) the south of Chile
(b) the Brazilian state of Bahia
(c) Fernando Noronha Island
(d) the interior of Uruguay

8. Why does sea salt work better than lake salt as a preservative?
(a) Sea salt contains more sodium chloride.
(b) Sea salt is more plentiful.
(c) Sea salt contains other chemicals that aid in preservation.
(d) Sea salt is purer than lake salt.

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

10. What marine creature does Darwin discover off of St. Domingo that he keeps in his cabin?
(a) an octopus
(b) a cuttlefish
(c) a starfish
(d) a sea slug

11. What do Darwin and his companions find at the Colorado River?
(a) a ferry to get them to the other side
(b) a military encampment headed by General Rosas
(c) many fishing villages
(d) an abandoned military fort

12. What does the kingfisher use to collect its food?
(a) a high sound that paralyzes fish
(b) a scissor beak used to skim the water and catch small fish
(c) sharp talons to catch small fish
(d) sharp eyesight to spot fish near the surface

13. Who does Darwin accompany while exploring around Botofogo Bay?
(a) an old Portuguese priest
(b) a large bearded monkey
(c) his hired native guide
(d) Capt. Fitz Roy

14. What is a particular riding skill of a gaucho?
(a) standing up in the saddle at full gallop
(b) riding for days without getting out of the saddle
(c) going around a post at full gallop touching a finger to the post
(d) riding on the underside of the horse to avoid detection

15. Where do the people show hospitality and allow Darwin to stay at various outposts and ranches?
(a) Peru
(b) Paraguay
(c) Galapogas
(d) Uruguay

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a sporting way gauchos sometimes dismount?

3. What does Darwin speculate about the continents?

4. What does Darwin speculate died out on the continent long before the Spanish arrived?

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

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