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

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

3. What feeds the inhabitants' pigs and a large kind of crab on Keeling Island?
(a) wild rice
(b) coconut trees
(c) berry bushes
(d) bananas

4. Walking along a road cut through the landscape, what does Darwin reflect on?
(a) how civilization improves a land area
(b) how far the Beagle has traveled
(c) how at one time the land was covered with forests
(d) how devoid of resources New Zealand is

5. What is it in which a large wooden spoon seems to dance to the rhythm of the music being played?
(a) a wedding ceremony
(b) an entertainment for children
(c) a superstitious play put on by the natives
(d) a war dance put on to frighten the Beagle crew

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Beagle after passing through the Strait of Magellan?

2. What does Darwin see at Chatham Island?

3. What does the host at the Hacienda de San Isidro provide for Darwin?

4. Headed back towards Chiloe, what does Darwin observe at night?

5. Arriving in Matavai Bay, what do they see coming toward the Beagle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Darwin's journal entry as they leave New Zealand?

2. What comment does Darwin make about slavery in Australia?

3. Explain Darwin's observations in the Galapagos that will later influence his scientific theories.

4. How does Darwin react to Mauritius, known at that time as the Isle of France?

5. Tell what Darwin sees back off the coast of Chile and how he assesses the sight.

6. Explain what Darwin observes after landing at Hobart Town on the island of Tasmania.

7. Describe Darwin's exploration of the interior of the Tahitian Island.

8. How does Darwin describe the dress of the Chilean miner?

9. What are conditions like at the copper mines of Jajuel?

10. Relate what Darwin finds at Chatham Island in the Galapagos archipelago.

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