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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must the people do at Iquique?
(a) fight the natives
(b) grow their own food
(c) import everything
(d) build strong houses

2. What unusual thing exists on another island some miles away from Keeling Island?
(a) fresh water wells
(b) strange monoliths
(c) deciduous trees
(d) hot spring geysers

3. What keeps Darwin on board the Beagle after it sails to Lima?
(a) a cholera epidemic in Peru
(b) his weakened health
(c) the political unrest in Peru
(d) his lost passport

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

5. What has meant giving up his usual social circles and going off into unknown territories to meet unforeseen hardships?
(a) Darwin's post graduate education
(b) Darwin's desire to get out of England
(c) Darwin's need for adventure
(d) Darwin's long voyage

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

7. Leaving Lima, where does the Beagle sail?
(a) the Galapagos archipelago
(b) back to Chile
(c) Panama City
(d) Baja California

8. What theory about volcanic activity and earthquakes does Darwin form that is years ahead of his time?
(a) volcanic activity has nothing to do with earthquakes
(b) volcanoes create fault lines in the earth
(c) fault lines come from underwater volcanoes
(d) fissures run along the same direction as the earthquake fault line

9. What provides Darwin with more evidence of the relationships between volcanic activity and earthquakes?
(a) the shape of the coast after the volcanoes erupt
(b) the temperature of the water after the tsunami
(c) the stories people tell about past disasters
(d) the destruction after the Valdivia earthquake

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

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

12. Why can Darwin not explore the forest of Chiloe?
(a) It is held sacred by the natives.
(b) It is too thick to pass through.
(c) It is too wet to support horse or man,
(d) It is filled with poisonous plants.

13. What is the strange phenomenon Darwin sees at the mountain summit?
(a) ice castles
(b) black rain
(c) red snow
(d) rock flowers

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the six sailors who show up at the Beagle?

2. What do Darwin and some crew members walk on when they visit the island of San Pedro?

3. What has Darwin observed on the 3,200 mile trip from the Galapagos?

4. What is Darwin's assessment of New Zealand?

5. What does Darwin discover at the saltpeter mine?

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