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

2. How many wives has James Wait had?
(a) 17.
(b) 1.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

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

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

5. Who's portrait is behind the bar at the Hotel El Dorado?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mary Hepburn wearing when she arrives at the Hotel El Dorado?

2. Where did Wait meet, court, and marry his first wife?

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

4. What is the capital of Ecuador?

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

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