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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where does Darwin get his first walk through a rain forest?
(a) the Brazilian state of Bahia
(b) the south of Chile
(c) Fernando Noronha Island
(d) the interior of Uruguay

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

8. What is the composition of most of the rock formations on the Brazilian coast?
(a) iron
(b) granite
(c) limestone
(d) marble

9. What animal does Darwin find in small herds after arriving at Port Desire?
(a) the guanaco, rarely seen to the north, is abundant
(b) the bizcacha, in communal burrows
(c) the llama, rarely seen outside of Peru
(d) the deer, usually found in jungles

10. What does Darwin see at Punta Alta?
(a) a man called horse
(b) a skunk called a zorillo
(c) a squirrel called rocky
(d) a cat called gatito

11. 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) Fernando Noronha Island
(d) St. Paul's Rocks

12. On the way to Santa Fe, what makes the road very difficult, especially for the many carts with huge wheels?
(a) recent heavy rains
(b) very narrow trails in some places
(c) occasional battles with natives
(d) rockslides off the mountains

13. 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) with the governor of Rio de Janeiro
(c) in a luxury hotel on Botofogo Bay
(d) in a cottage on Botofogo Bay

14. 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 pictures Darwin draws of plants and insects
(d) the odd clothes that Darwin wears

15. Who takes Darwin and his gaucho companion to a mountain called the Sierra de la Ventana?
(a) a Portuguese priest
(b) a military guide
(c) a local rancher
(d) a friendly native

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the gauchos prepare for a meal on the island?

2. What small bird resembles quail in its habits and snipe in its looks?

3. What does Darwin speculate died out on the continent long before the Spanish arrived?

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

5. What are the only two insects Darwin locates on St. Paul's Rocks?

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