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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 ikebana?
(a) The Chinese art of sculpture making.
(b) The Japanese art of pottery making.
(c) The Chinese art of flower arranging.
(d) The Japanese art of flower arranging.

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

3. What is the capital of Ecuador?
(a) Tulcán.
(b) Guayaquil.
(c) Quito.
(d) Guaranda.

4. Where did Wait meet, court, and marry his first wife?
(a) At the dance studio.
(b) At the bar.
(c) On the streets.
(d) On a cruise.

5. What is the name of the archipelago of volcanic peaks due west of Guayaquil?
(a) The Fiji Islands.
(b) The Galapagos Islands.
(c) The Kuril Islands.
(d) The Solomon Islands.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is a bartender at the Hotel El Dorado and a 21 year old descendant of proud Inca noblemen?

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

5. Who is the 35-year-old American male who could not swim a stroke, who intended to get from the South American continent to the Galapagos Islands?

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