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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Darwin and some crew members walk on when they visit the island of San Pedro?
(a) soft, black sand
(b) hot rocks from a volcano
(c) layers of dry salt
(d) layers of logs several yards thick

2. How are Darwin and his Tahitian guides able to get inland on the island?
(a) through jungle pathways
(b) climbing over several mountains
(c) coming around from the other side
(d) along river valleys

3. Where do the wooden houses best withstand the effects of the massive earthquake?
(a) the houseboats of Chiloe
(b) the Island of Valdivia
(c) the town of Concepcion
(d) where there are solid foundations

4. Exploring the Chiloe eastern coastline, what does Darwin observe?
(a) strange granite boulders in the sea
(b) the nearly extinct dodo bird
(c) albatros nests
(d) the volcano Orsono

5. What does Darwin see that is the size of a rabbit but looks like a kangaroo?
(a) a kangaroo rat
(b) a kangaroo cat
(c) a jackalope
(d) a jack rabbit

6. What does Darwin see at Chatham Island?
(a) thriving fishing villages
(b) huge tortoises weighing up to 200 pounds
(c) rock dwelling monkeys
(d) large pelicans along the coast

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

8. What does Darwin find in relationship to his interest in plants and animals?
(a) almost no new species
(b) strange new species
(c) specimens too large to take back
(d) too much diversity to classify all

9. What disturbs Darwin about the corn harvest in the area?
(a) the poor quality of the corn
(b) the way it is harvested
(c) the color of the corn
(d) the convict slave labor

10. 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

11. What reception does the Beagle receive at New Zealand?
(a) a lackluster welcome from one canoe
(b) a thousand canoes of Maori
(c) no welcome at all
(d) a war party in canoes

12. What is the modern name of the large island off the eastern coast of Africa, known at the time Darwin was there as the Isle of France?
(a) Ceylon
(b) Gibraltar
(c) Zanzibar
(d) Mauritius

13. What is located at the Bay of Valparaiso?
(a) the first of the southern islands
(b) the last Spanish trading post
(c) the primary Chilean seaport
(d) Horsetail Falls

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

15. Why do Darwin and Mariano Gonzales take ten pack mules on the trek across the Andes?
(a) in case they stay longer than planned
(b) in case they get lost
(c) in case they have to hire extra guides
(d) in case they become snowed in

Short Answer Questions

1. After sailing away from Chile, where does the Beagle go?

2. How long has Darwin been at sea by the time he visits New Zealand?

3. What notable landmark does Darwin see on St. Helen's Island?

4. What is the product of the ugly palms Darwin sees going up the mountain?

5. Where does Darwin see plants and animals similar to what he saw on the plains of Patagonia?

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