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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What theory of Darwin's after observing the atolls is still considered valid today?
(a) what makes coral grow in a circle
(b) why atolls are disappearing
(c) how atolls help the ocean ecology
(d) how the atolls were formed

2. Why do they have a problem with making a meal at 11,000 feet?
(a) Their supplies are all frozen.
(b) Water boils at a very low temperature at this altitude.
(c) There are few sticks to use for making a fire.
(d) The wind blows out their fire.

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

4. What must Darwin and his guide cross on the way back to Hacienda de San Isidro?
(a) a rapids in a mountain river
(b) a dry, parched desert
(c) a line of military guarding the border
(d) a suspension bridge made of rope and hide

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

6. Where does Darwin see plants and animals similar to what he saw on the plains of Patagonia?
(a) in mountain caves
(b) at the summit of the mountains
(c) at Machu Picchu
(d) at their camp at Los Arenales

7. What does Darwin see as they continue through the Andes mountains?
(a) glaciers
(b) rock slides
(c) mountain goats
(d) loose diamonds

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

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

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

11. What has Darwin observed on the 3,200 mile trip from the Galapagos?
(a) a blue whale mother and baby
(b) a formation of coral known as an atoll
(c) great white sharks circling the Beagle
(d) a maelstrom

12. What does Darwin see from the Blue Mountains?
(a) tall trees growing in the valleys below
(b) cliffs with magnificent views of a harbor
(c) vast areas of farmland
(d) many ships sailing around the continent

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

14. Where does Darwin spend the night after descending the Blue Mountain plateau?
(a) at a cotton plantation
(b) at a mission
(c) at a sheep ranch
(d) at a modern inn

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Darwin describe the dress of the Chilean miners?

2. What do reddish brown clouds turn out to be?

3. What is the stormy place the Beagle visits where the people raise pigs and potatoes and catch fish?

4. What does Darwin write about the Chilean miners?

5. What are the Kauai pine?

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