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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. When his beauty began to fade, Wait became an instructor in __________ dancing.
(a) Salsa.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Ballroom.
(d) Contemporary.

2. Who owns the Bahia?
(a) A pair of young German brothers.
(b) A pair of old German sisters.
(c) A pair of old German brothers.
(d) A pair of young German sisters.

3. How many cruise ships have their port in Guayaquil?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

4. Who is a bartender at the Hotel El Dorado and a 21 year old descendant of proud Inca noblemen?
(a) James Wait.
(b) Willard Flemming.
(c) Jesus Ortiz.
(d) Leon Trout.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Willard Flemming?

2. What is ikebana?

3. Another theory is given that the animals on the Galapagos Islands had been shooed ashore two by two down the plank of __________.

4. Where do Panama hats come from?

5. What nationality does James Wait claim to be in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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