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

2. What animal is not found on the Galapagos Islands?
(a) Tortoises.
(b) Geckos.
(c) Iguanas.
(d) Gophers.

3. Another theory is given that the animals on the Galapagos Islands had been shooed ashore two by two down the plank of __________.
(a) The Bahia de Darwin.
(b) Joan's Ark.
(c) Noah's Ark.
(d) The Titanic.

4. in 1986 A.D., where was the chief seaport of the little South American democracy of Ecuador?
(a) Babahoyo.
(b) Esmeraldas.
(c) Guaranda.
(d) Guayaquil.

5. Who claimed the Galapagos Islands in 1832?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What single word adequately describes Charles Darwin's transformation of the Galapagos Islands from worthless to priceless?

3. What do the two stars by the names of certain characters in the story mean?

4. What subject did James Wait study for two years at the vocation high school in his home town?

5. How many foster homes had Wait lived in growing up?

(see the answer key)

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