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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 did Mary Hepburn's husband, Roy, die from?
(a) A brain tumor.
(b) Alcohol poisoning.
(c) A gunshot wound.
(d) A broken heart.

2. How does the narrator die?
(a) He was ate by a shark.
(b) He died of old age.
(c) A brain tumor.
(d) He was beheaded.

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

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

5. How many years does it take the Bahia to sink?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. When his beauty began to fade, Wait became an instructor in __________ dancing.

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

3. Who's portrait is behind the bar at the Hotel El Dorado?

4. Who has claimed to have been exposed to radiation when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan?

5. When is the Bahia scheduled to sail?

(see the answer key)

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