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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: The Thing Was, Chapter 11-Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is the 35-year-old American male who could not swim a stroke, who intended to get from the South American continent to the Galapagos Islands?
(a) Leon Trout.
(b) James Wait.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Zenji Hiroguchi.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Mary Hepburn die?

3. How many foster homes had Wait lived in growing up?

4. Who claimed the Galapagos Islands in 1832?

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

(see the answer key)

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