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

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

3. Who befriended Wait after he ran away from home and taught him how to be a successful homosexual prostitute?
(a) A waiter.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A pimp.
(d) A cop.

4. What nationality does James Wait claim to be in Chapter 2?
(a) American.
(b) German.
(c) Irish.
(d) Canadian.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Wait considered himself old enough to run away, he hitchhiked to __________.

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

4. How many wives has James Wait had?

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

(see the answer key)

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