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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Darwin been at sea by the time he visits New Zealand?
(a) nine months
(b) four years
(c) a year and a half
(d) three years

2. Why does the Beagle stop for three days at the Chonos Archipelago?
(a) because of a storm
(b) because of sickness
(c) to look for crew members
(d) to replenish its supplies

3. What does Darwin discover at the saltpeter mine?
(a) thistle forests
(b) nothing remarkable
(c) crystal formations
(d) hot springs

4. Walking along a road cut through the landscape, what does Darwin reflect on?
(a) how civilization improves a land area
(b) how at one time the land was covered with forests
(c) how far the Beagle has traveled
(d) how devoid of resources New Zealand is

5. What does Darwin observe along the rivers of the Andes?
(a) the calmness of the water
(b) the richness of mineral resources
(c) the poverty of the people
(d) the color of the water

6. How are farms operated in Australia as Darwin rides through the countryside?
(a) by large numbers of horseback managers
(b) with the use of child labor
(c) by large families who do all the work
(d) with forced labor from convicted felons

7. Where is the Beagle after passing through the Strait of Magellan?
(a) the mouth of an unnamed river
(b) the relatively calm Pacific Ocean
(c) the Antarctic Sea
(d) headed toward New Zealand

8. Where does Darwin find olive and orange trees and many varieties of vegetables?
(a) in the Valley of Paradise
(b) in the Market of Santiago
(c) at the Bay of Valparaiso
(d) on the sides of Mount Compana

9. On his second attempt, what is Capt. Fitz Roy able to navigate successfully?
(a) the Great Barrier Reef
(b) the Sea of Sighs
(c) the Antarctic Channel
(d) the Strait of Magellan

10. What is a principal industry of Chile that Darwin observes?
(a) ship building
(b) mining copper and gold
(c) iron smelting
(d) jewelry making

11. After the miserable climate around Tierra del Fuego, what does Darwin enjoy about Chile?
(a) the hot desert climate
(b) the gentle, constant rains
(c) the clear, dry and warm weather
(d) the calm sea and white beaches

12. Arriving in Matavai Bay, what do they see coming toward the Beagle?
(a) floating logs from a recent tsunami
(b) Tahitians swimming out to greet them
(c) many canoes launching from Tahiti
(d) schools of porpoises

13. Who are the unusually tall people compared to other natives of the area?
(a) the Argentinians
(b) the Patagonians
(c) the Tierrans
(d) the Incas

14. What social condition does Darwin argue against at the end of his book?
(a) poverty
(b) slavery
(c) war
(d) isolationism

15. Who is the old school friend of Darwin's he stays with in Chile?
(a) Rudyard Kipling
(b) Robert Browning
(c) Oliver Swift
(d) Richard Corfield

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Darwin get to the Blue Mountains?

2. What feeds the inhabitants' pigs and a large kind of crab on Keeling Island?

3. Why can Darwin not explore the forest of Chiloe?

4. From where do many of the people living in Port Louis come?

5. What unusual thing exists on another island some miles away from Keeling Island?

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