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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Gen. Rosa's soldiers do after killing the adult natives?
(a) Feed the natives to the crocodiles.
(b) They keep the children to sell as slaves.
(c) Scalp the natives.
(d) Barbecue the natives.

2. After leaving Las Minas, what does Darwin see near marble outcroppings?
(a) large flocks of ostriches roaming the land
(b) pygmie hippopotamuses
(c) giant land turtles
(d) kangaroos and wallabies

3. What is Darwin told about climatic events in the area?
(a) tidal waves and cyclones
(b) rainfall changes in the course of rivers
(c) drought followed by floods
(d) heatwaves and cold spells

4. What marine creature does Darwin discover off of St. Domingo that he keeps in his cabin?
(a) an octopus
(b) a sea slug
(c) a cuttlefish
(d) a starfish

5. What amusing thing does Darwin witness outside of Monte Video?
(a) a gaucho crossing a deep river with a reluctant horse
(b) a small owl trying to catch an anaconda
(c) a chicken trying to scare a fox
(d) a rabbit hitching a rind on a crocodile

Short Answer Questions

1. What affirmation does Darwin make about the earth?

2. Who does Darwin encounter in the village of Las Minas?

3. What does Darwin collect traveling around Argentina?

4. Where do seals and penguins surround the ship and make noises that resemble cattle?

5. What does Darwin see along the way where robbers hide and cattle can be lost?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs in the Plata estuary?

2. What does Darwin find to write about just outside of Maldonado?

3. How does Darwin react to the selling of children as slaves as opposed to what the soldiers and the settlers think about it.

4. What strange phenomenon occurs on the way to Port Desire and how does Darwin rationalize it?

5. At the Rio Negro, about 300 miles to the south of Maldonado, what is the evidence of political turmoil in South America?

6. Relate the circumstances of returning natives of Tierra del Fuego island.

7. On his trip to Buenos Aires, What does Darwin have to observe?

8. What does Darwin discover in the area of Bahia Blanca after the Beagle arrives and how does he theorize about his find?

9. How does Darwin describe the behavior of the guanaco he finds at the ruins of an old Spanish settlement?

10. How is Darwin stunned by the docility of a large male slave?

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