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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: The Thing Was, Chapter 17-Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Bahia built?
(a) Greece.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Russia.

2. What is James Wait's native city?
(a) Midland City.
(b) Springfield.
(c) Akron.
(d) Reading.

3. How many cruise ships have their port in Guayaquil?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

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

5. What year was Charles Darwin born?
(a) 1492.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1941.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two stars by the names of certain characters in the story mean?

2. Who is a bartender at the Hotel El Dorado and a 21 year old descendant of proud Inca noblemen?

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

4. in 1986 A.D., where was the chief seaport of the little South American democracy of Ecuador?

5. Mary Hepburn whispers, "You are my enemy. Why would I want to carry such a terrible enemy inside of me?" What is she referring to?

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