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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: The Thing Was, Chapter 5-Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the body of water named in honor of Charles Darwin?
(a) The Bay of Charles.
(b) The Darwin River.
(c) The Darwin Bay.
(d) The Darwin Stream.

2. How many foster homes had Wait lived in growing up?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 19.
(d) 3.

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

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

5. What do the two stars by the names of certain characters in the story mean?
(a) These characters are the most important.
(b) These characters would be dead before the sun went down.
(c) These characters are royal figures.
(d) These characters are the only surviving characters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the ship that Darwin took on a mapping expedition that would take him completely around the world and would last five years?

3. Who claimed the Galapagos Islands in 1832?

4. Who befriended Wait after he ran away from home and taught him how to be a successful homosexual prostitute?

5. What animal is not found on the Galapagos Islands?

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