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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 bring down using their bolas?
(a) birds, monkeys, or crocodiles
(b) game, cattle, horses, or humans
(c) elephants, lions, and kangaroos
(d) trees, cacti, or boulders

2. What does Darwin collect traveling around Argentina?
(a) common rocks and precious stones
(b) many species of quadrupeds, birds, lizards and snakes
(c) leaves, parasites, and ledgends
(d) fresh fruit to take back to the Beagle

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Darwin speculate died out on the continent long before the Spanish arrived?
(a) armadillos
(b) tigers
(c) boars
(d) horses

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

10. What is the sociological condition in Brazil that disturbs Darwin?
(a) slavery
(b) anarchy
(c) hegemony
(d) poverty

11. What does the evening meal consist of at Don Juan Fuentes' house?
(a) nothing but meat and water
(b) fried eggs and flying fish
(c) barbecued goat and wine
(d) only a variety of vegetables

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

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

14. 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 is purer than lake salt.
(d) Sea salt contains other chemicals that aid in preservation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is an important occupation for the gauchos?

3. After leaving the Santa Cruz River, where does the Beagle make its next stop?

4. What does Darwin observe that is formed by lightning hitting the hills and traversing through the sand?

5. How does Darwin speculate the craggy boulders around the mountains were moved?

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