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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. How does Mary Hepburn introduce herself to James Wait?
(a) As a principal and a divorcee.
(b) As a marine biologist and a divorcee.
(c) As an ex-teacher and a widow.
(d) As a college professor and a widow.

2. What subject is Adolf von Kleist interest in?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Meteorites.
(c) Global warming.
(d) Fishing.

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

4. Mary Hepburn whispers, "You are my enemy. Why would I want to carry such a terrible enemy inside of me?" What is she referring to?
(a) Her heart.
(b) Her kidneys.
(c) Her brain.
(d) Her spirit.

5. Who owns the Bahia?
(a) A pair of young German brothers.
(b) A pair of old German brothers.
(c) A pair of young German sisters.
(d) A pair of old German sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is considered to be wild and greedy and inconsiderate, but not insane?

2. Who is unmarried, never reproduced, and drowns by a tidal wave?

3. What war did the narrator fight in?

4. How many years does it take the Bahia to sink?

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

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