View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin discover about fifteen miles from Patagones?
(a) a volcanic crater
(b) a tar pit
(c) a salt lake
(d) a sand dune mountain

2. Why is a tree Darwin comes across famous among the natives?
(a) It is revered as an altar to a god called Walleechu.
(b) It is the largest tree in South America.
(c) It bears a medicinal fruit.
(d) It can be seen for miles in any direction.

3. How does Darwin attempt to communicate with a large black man on a ferry?
(a) pantomimes
(b) talks loud and makes hand gestures
(c) draws pictures
(d) points to what he wants

4. What small bird resembles quail in its habits and snipe in its looks?
(a) the South American mockingbird
(b) the flightless pheasant
(c) the tinochorus rumicivorous
(d) the avioticus imbicilus

5. What is the sociological condition in Brazil that disturbs Darwin?
(a) anarchy
(b) poverty
(c) hegemony
(d) slavery

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the only two insects Darwin locates on St. Paul's Rocks?

2. What is the composition of Sierra de la Ventana?

3. Where do the people show hospitality and allow Darwin to stay at various outposts and ranches?

4. What does Darwin compare to the taste of veal?

5. What do Darwin's discoveries cause him to think about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the problem Darwin faces when he returns to Buenos Aires.

2. Describe the problem with getting three boats up the Santa Cruz River.

3. What does Darwin write about how the gauchos break horses?

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

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

6. Who does Darwin encounter at Las Minas and how does he size them up?

7. In the area of St. Fe, Darwin examines the geology. What discovery does he make there?

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

9. What occurs in the Plata estuary?

10. Why does Darwin not stay long at Bahia Blanca?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 867 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample