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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Gen. Rosa's soldiers do after killing the adult natives?
(a) Feed the natives to the crocodiles.
(b) They keep the children to sell as slaves.
(c) Scalp the natives.
(d) Barbecue the natives.

2. What is Capt. Fitz Roy's plan after anchoring at the mouth of the Santa Cruz River?
(a) to trade with natives who come in canoes
(b) to take boats up the river as far as he can
(c) to spend a few weeks fishing
(d) to anchor there for the winter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. After the return to Rio de Janeiro, where does Darwin stay that is rich in resources for the naturalist?
(a) in the center of the city
(b) in a luxury hotel on Botofogo Bay
(c) in a cottage on Botofogo Bay
(d) with the governor of Rio de Janeiro

12. 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

13. What does Darwin find in the area of Bahia Blanca?
(a) the fossilized skeletons of huge animals
(b) the dry bed of an inland sea
(c) evidence of a major earthquake
(d) large reptiles that attack cattle

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

15. What is a particular riding skill of a gaucho?
(a) standing up in the saddle at full gallop
(b) going around a post at full gallop touching a finger to the post
(c) riding for days without getting out of the saddle
(d) riding on the underside of the horse to avoid detection

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a puppy that will become a sheep dog put in with a herd to grow up?

2. On the way after Monte Video, what surrounds the Beagle?

3. After leaving Las Minas, what does Darwin see near marble outcroppings?

4. What does Darwin speculate about the continents?

5. What is Darwin's profession?

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