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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. Who is Donald?
(a) A golden retriever that Roy tied to a stake.
(b) Mary and Roy Hepburn's cat.
(c) Mary Heburn's first husband.
(d) The captain of the Bahia.

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

3. What is ikebana?
(a) The Chinese art of flower arranging.
(b) The Chinese art of sculpture making.
(c) The Japanese art of pottery making.
(d) The Japanese art of flower arranging.

4. When Wait considered himself old enough to run away, he hitchhiked to __________.
(a) Chicago.
(b) Midland.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Manhattan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Roy fight to stay alive to see on the Galapagos Islands?

2. Who is considered the ancestor of every human being on the face of the earth and the Captain of the Bahia?

3. Who is Willard Flemming?

4. Who's portrait is behind the bar at the Hotel El Dorado?

5. Where do Panama hats come from?

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