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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the gauchos prepare for a meal on the island?
(a) a boneless roast with the hide still on the meat
(b) puma steaks
(c) a spit roasted wild goat
(d) a soup made with a large turtle

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

3. What animals had been introduced on East Falkland Island?
(a) goats and koalas
(b) a herd of cattle and rabbits
(c) kangaroos and ostriches
(d) sheep and house cats

4. What does Darwin write that he found along the banks of the Santa Cruz River?
(a) large apes
(b) kangaroo tracks
(c) prehistoric fossils
(d) nothing new or of great interest

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

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

7. What do the inhabitants of a ranch north of the Polanco River find interesting when Darwin arrives?
(a) the color of Darwin's skin
(b) Darwin's compass and maps and phosphorous matches
(c) the odd clothes that Darwin wears
(d) the pictures Darwin draws of plants and insects

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

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

10. What does Darwin discover that some small owls eat by examining the contents of their stomachs?
(a) mice and snakes
(b) eggs and other birds
(c) fruit and vegetables
(d) grain and insects

11. How does Darwin speculate the craggy boulders around the mountains were moved?
(a) by seismic activity
(b) by floating icebergs
(c) by volcanic eruptions
(d) by meteors

12. What do Darwin and his gaucho companion hear at the Sauce outpost?
(a) stories about a Spanish warship
(b) stories about strange animals in that area
(c) stories about a volcanic eruption in another area
(d) stories about the battles between the army and natives

13. What are two important items used by the gauchos?
(a) rifles and bows
(b) blow guns and spears
(c) knives and pistols
(d) the lazo (lasso) and the bola

14. Why is a tree Darwin comes across famous among the natives?
(a) It can be seen for miles in any direction.
(b) It is revered as an altar to a god called Walleechu.
(c) It is the largest tree in South America.
(d) It bears a medicinal fruit.

15. 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 swims long distances
(d) the ostrich mates only once in a lifetime

Short Answer Questions

1. After the return to Rio de Janeiro, where does Darwin stay that is rich in resources for the naturalist?

2. What do Darwin's discoveries cause him to think about?

3. What does Darwin do during his three-day stay in Socego?

4. In addition to the volcanic formation of St. Domingo, what does Darwin notice about the island?

5. Where does the Beagle anchor at Tierra del Fuego island?

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