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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After leaving Las Minas, what does Darwin see near marble outcroppings?
(a) giant land turtles
(b) large flocks of ostriches roaming the land
(c) kangaroos and wallabies
(d) pygmie hippopotamuses

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

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

4. 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) grain and insects
(d) eggs and other birds

5. 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

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

7. What is Darwin's profession?
(a) a 19th century ship's captain
(b) a 19th century chemist
(c) a 19th century map maker
(d) a 19th century naturalist

8. What is the Casarita meaning little house builder?
(a) a snake that builds mounds of rock
(b) a species of armadillo
(c) a bird that digs long holes into its underground nest
(d) a kind of rabbit that nests in trees

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

10. Leaving Monte Video, where is the Beagle headed?
(a) for Alaska
(b) for Baja California
(c) for North America
(d) for Port Desire on the coast of Patagonia

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

12. What is the composition of Sierra de la Ventana?
(a) largely limestone
(b) mostly granite
(c) mostly ignecious rock
(d) largely white quartz

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

14. What does Darwin observe that is formed by lightning hitting the hills and traversing through the sand?
(a) silicone balls
(b) glass tubes
(c) black glass
(d) veins of gold

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do seals and penguins surround the ship and make noises that resemble cattle?

2. Sailing away from Rio de Janeiro, what does Darwin see?

3. What is Darwin told about climatic events in the area?

4. How does Darwin end up bringing his own horse down?

5. What does Darwin discover about fifteen miles from Patagones?

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