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

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

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

5. What large bird does Darwin shoot up the Santa Cruz River?
(a) an ostrich
(b) a condor
(c) an eagle
(d) a pelican

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

7. What are the two different styles Darwin uses in his journal?
(a) explorer and philosopher
(b) biologist and engineer
(c) scientist and journalist
(d) clergyman and scientist

8. What is an important occupation for the gauchos?
(a) trapping pumas
(b) carrying the mail
(c) making whisky
(d) breaking horses

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

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

11. Where does Darwin spend ten weeks at the mouth of the Plata River?
(a) in a Brazilian fort
(b) a small town named Maldonado
(c) at a British outpost
(d) a camp set up especially for him

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

13. What has Darwin observed on the ship that lets out silk into the wind and takes flight over the ocean?
(a) spiders
(b) silkworms
(c) beetles
(d) sea gulls

14. In addition to the volcanic formation of St. Domingo, what does Darwin notice about the island?
(a) a band of chalk
(b) evidence of diamond formations
(c) strange stratas of slate
(d) large mud floes

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