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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Panama hats come from?

2. What branch of military had Roy served in?

3. What was the narrator's father's occupation?

4. Who claimed the Galapagos Islands in 1832?

5. How many foster homes had Wait lived in growing up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the city of Guayaquil as it is described in Chapter 1.

2. Compare and contrast the Galapagos Islands back in 1986 A.D. to a million years later.

3. Compare and contrast Mandarax to Gokubi.

4. Give two theories that are discussed for how animals arrived on the Galapagos Islands.

5. In Chapter 25, how is Hernando Cruz's case compared to that of Jesus Ortiz?

6. In Chapter 9, what is Roy Hepburn's dying compared to? Explain.

7. How does Mary Hepburn recognize the Island of Santa Rosalia in Chapter 24?

8. Why does the narrator choose the Captain's head to get into in Chapter 23?

9. Why does Mary Hepburn believe she had a brain tumor in Chapter 7?

10. Describe the Hotel El Dorado.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In your opinion, how are women viewed in the novel Galapagos? Are women overruled by their male counterparts or are women treated equally? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How are the blue-footed boobies in the novel symbolic? Why do you think the author puts such an emphasis on the blue-footed boobies? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

The New York Times Book Review claims that "Vonnegut is a postmodern Mark Twain." Do you agree with this statement? Explain.

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