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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: The Thing Was, Chapter 13-Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Ecuadorian currency that has become worth less than a banana peel?
(a) Euro.
(b) Franc.
(c) Sucre.
(d) Dollar.

2. How does Mary Hepburn die?
(a) She commits suicide.
(b) She has a brain tumor.
(c) A great white shark eats her.
(d) She falls overboard the Bahia.

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

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

5. Who befriended Wait after he ran away from home and taught him how to be a successful homosexual prostitute?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A cop.
(c) A waiter.
(d) A pimp.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the last human marriage in the Galapagos Islands performed?

2. What is the name of the body of water named in honor of Charles Darwin?

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

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?

5. What company is automating the Bahia and also employs Zenji Hiroguchi?

(see the answer key)

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