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

2. What does James Wait say he thought people were put on earth to do?
(a) To find cures to diseases.
(b) To work until they die.
(c) To help each other.
(d) To gain knowledge.

3. How many tombs are on the Galapagos Islands?
(a) 25.
(b) 5.
(c) 75.
(d) 0.

4. What animal is Mary Hepburn hallucinating to be while suffocating herself?
(a) A blue-footed booby.
(b) A chameleon.
(c) A land tortoise.
(d) A snake.

5. What bloodsucking animal, found on the Island of Santa Rosalia, survive by pecking at the long neck of an unheeding booby until it has raised little beads of blood?
(a) Peacocks.
(b) Pink Flamingos.
(c) Geospiza difficilis.
(d) Red-footed boobies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was a former citizen of the Soviet Union and has been granted political asylum in Great Britain?

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

4. Who has a stuffed Galapagos marine iguana on his desk?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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