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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How do Darwin and the soldiers make their way toward Buenos Aires?
(a) riding llamas over the mountains
(b) moving from outpost to outpost
(c) moving down and following the coastline
(d) mostly hiking over the mountains

4. What affirmation does Darwin make about the earth?
(a) every part of the world is habitable
(b) life on earth is only near wateer
(c) there is no life in a salt lake bed
(d) some of the earth is inhabitable

5. What does Darwin find in the Santa Fe area?
(a) tar pits and mammoth tracks
(b) the shell of a gigantic armadillo and a fossilized horse tooth.
(c) fossilized crustations from an inland sea
(d) evidence of dinosaurs

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

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

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

9. 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 eclipse of the moon
(d) an electrical storm that set the forest ablaze

10. What amusing thing does Darwin witness outside of Monte Video?
(a) a chicken trying to scare a fox
(b) a gaucho crossing a deep river with a reluctant horse
(c) a small owl trying to catch an anaconda
(d) a rabbit hitching a rind on a crocodile

11. What does Darwin do during his three-day stay in Socego?
(a) catch up on his sleep
(b) climbs trees
(c) go hungry
(d) collects insects within the forest

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

13. Sailing away from Rio de Janeiro, what does Darwin see?
(a) giant squid
(b) a pod of whales
(c) shark infested waters
(d) hundreds of porpoises

14. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?
(a) Buenos Aires
(b) Machu Picchu
(c) Lima
(d) Amazonia

15. Who are the people living on Tierra del Fuego?
(a) Spanish settlers
(b) abandoned African slaves
(c) Argentinians
(d) primitive and impoverished natives

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin collect traveling around Argentina?

2. On the way to Santa Fe, what makes the road very difficult, especially for the many carts with huge wheels?

3. Why is a tree Darwin comes across famous among the natives?

4. What does Darwin see along the way where robbers hide and cattle can be lost?

5. Who does Darwin encounter in the village of Las Minas?

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