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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Bahia built?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Greece.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Russia.

2. When does Siegfried von Kleist die?
(a) December 25, 1986.
(b) November 27, 1986.
(c) October 31, 1986.
(d) April 13, 1986.

3. Including Wait, how many guests are staying at the Hotel El Dorado?
(a) 53.
(b) 6.
(c) 100.
(d) 2.

4. It is theorized that ________ created all the creatures on the Galapagos Islands, so they had no need for transportation.
(a) Gandhi.
(b) God.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Mohammed.

5. Who is considered to be wild and greedy and inconsiderate, but not insane?
(a) Mary Hepburn.
(b) Hernando Cruz.
(c) James Wait.
(d) Andrew MacIntosh.

6. What make and model vehicle does Hernando Cruz drive?
(a) Cadillac El Dorado.
(b) BMW Mini Cooper.
(c) Ford Mustang.
(d) Mercedes Benz SLR.

7. When Wait considered himself old enough to run away, he hitchhiked to __________.
(a) Midland.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Chicago.

8. What subject did Mary Hepburn teach at the public high school in Ilium, New York?
(a) Biology.
(b) Social Studies.
(c) Literature.
(d) Mathematics.

9. What country is Peru about to declare war on in Chapter 22?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Guyana.
(d) Paraguay.

10. When his beauty began to fade, Wait became an instructor in __________ dancing.
(a) Contemporary.
(b) Salsa.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Ballroom.

11. According to the narrator, what are the people of the Galapagos Islands only tool?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Fingers.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Teeth.

12. What subject did James Wait study for two years at the vocation high school in his home town?
(a) Automobile repair and maintenance.
(b) Paralegal.
(c) Aircraft repair and maintenance.
(d) Restaurant Management.

13. Who can talk to animals?
(a) Roy.
(b) Selena.
(c) Mary.
(d) Leon.

14. What is the capital of Ecuador?
(a) Guaranda.
(b) Tulcán.
(c) Guayaquil.
(d) Quito.

15. in 1986 A.D., where was the chief seaport of the little South American democracy of Ecuador?
(a) Babahoyo.
(b) Esmeraldas.
(c) Guaranda.
(d) Guayaquil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species of finch are on the Island of Santa Rosalia?

2. Another theory is given that the animals on the Galapagos Islands had been shooed ashore two by two down the plank of __________.

3. What nationality does James Wait claim to be in Chapter 2?

4. What book does Roy make Mary get while he lays in his deathbed?

5. Who is considered the ancestor of every human being on the face of the earth and the Captain of the Bahia?

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