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

2. 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.

3. What subject did Mary Hepburn teach at the public high school in Ilium, New York?
(a) Literature.
(b) Biology.
(c) Social Studies.
(d) Mathematics.

4. What is Mary Hepburn wearing when she arrives at the Hotel El Dorado?
(a) A cheeta print dress.
(b) A silk formal dress.
(c) U.S. Marine Corps combat fatigues.
(d) Jeans and a tank top.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wives has James Wait had?

2. in 1986 A.D., where was the chief seaport of the little South American democracy of Ecuador?

3. How many cruise ships have their port in Guayaquil?

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

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

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