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

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

3. What is the name of the ship that Darwin took on a mapping expedition that would take him completely around the world and would last five years?
(a) The Bangle.
(b) The Beagle.
(c) The Bronco.
(d) The Beetle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject did Mary Hepburn teach at the public high school in Ilium, New York?

2. What is the name of the archipelago of volcanic peaks due west of Guayaquil?

3. Where was the Bahia built?

4. What is the capital of Ecuador?

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

(see the answer key)

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