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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. What subject did James Wait study for two years at the vocation high school in his home town?
(a) Paralegal.
(b) Restaurant Management.
(c) Automobile repair and maintenance.
(d) Aircraft repair and maintenance.

2. What is the name of the cruise ship that takes its maiden voyage to the Galapagos Islands?
(a) The Bahia de Santander.
(b) The Bahia de Darwin.
(c) The Bahia de Navidad.
(d) The Bahia de Caraquez Ecuador.

3. Who's brain is so big that it can show him movies in his head which stars him and his dependents as millionaires?
(a) Andrew MacIntosh.
(b) Leon Trout.
(c) Jesús Ortiz.
(d) Domingo Quezeda.

4. To whom does Andrew MacIntosh reveal his real reason for flying Selena, Kazakh, and the Hiroguchis from Merida to Guayaquil?
(a) Donald.
(b) James Wait.
(c) Kazakh.
(d) Selena.

5. What was the narrator's father's occupation?
(a) A biology teacher.
(b) A scientist.
(c) A science-fiction writer.
(d) A pastry chef.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When his beauty began to fade, Wait became an instructor in __________ dancing.

3. Who has claimed to have been exposed to radiation when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan?

4. What nationality does James Wait claim to be in Chapter 2?

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

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