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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. How does Mary Hepburn die?
(a) She falls overboard the Bahia.
(b) A great white shark eats her.
(c) She commits suicide.
(d) She has a brain tumor.

2. 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.

3. Who claimed the Galapagos Islands in 1832?
(a) France.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

4. What is the name of the body of water named in honor of Charles Darwin?
(a) The Darwin Bay.
(b) The Bay of Charles.
(c) The Darwin River.
(d) The Darwin Stream.

5. What branch of military had Roy served in?
(a) The Army.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The Airforce.
(d) The Navy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Bahia built?

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

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

4. Who is unmarried, never reproduced, and drowns by a tidal wave?

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?

(see the answer key)

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