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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: The Thing Was, Chapter 29-Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is considered the ancestor of every human being on the face of the earth and the Captain of the Bahia?
(a) Hisako Hiroguchi.
(b) Adolf von Kleist.
(c) Leon Trout.
(d) Siegfried von Kleist.

2. What is the language of the majority on Santa Rosalia?
(a) Chinese.
(b) English.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Kanka-bono.

3. Who was a former citizen of the Soviet Union and has been granted political asylum in Great Britain?
(a) Kilgore Trout.
(b) Rudolf Nureyev.
(c) Bobby King.
(d) Andrew MacIntosh.

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

5. What is Mary Hepburn wearing when she arrives at the Hotel El Dorado?
(a) A cheeta print dress.
(b) Jeans and a tank top.
(c) U.S. Marine Corps combat fatigues.
(d) A silk formal dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who's head does the narrator get into while he rides in a taxicab from Guayaquil International Airport to the Bahia?

2. What subject did Mary Hepburn teach at the public high school in Ilium, New York?

3. To whom does Andrew MacIntosh reveal his real reason for flying Selena, Kazakh, and the Hiroguchis from Merida to Guayaquil?

4. What does James Wait say he thought people were put on earth to do?

5. Who tells Mary Hepburn the Bahia has landed on the Island of Santa Rosalia?

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