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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. How does the narrator die?
(a) He died of old age.
(b) He was beheaded.
(c) A brain tumor.
(d) He was ate by a shark.

2. 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) Zenji Hiroguchi.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) James Wait.

3. What do the two stars by the names of certain characters in the story mean?
(a) These characters would be dead before the sun went down.
(b) These characters are the only surviving characters.
(c) These characters are the most important.
(d) These characters are royal figures.

4. According to the narrator, what made marriage so difficult?
(a) The undersized heart.
(b) The oversized brain.
(c) The lack of morals.
(d) The lack of support.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the capital of Ecuador?

2. Where did Wait meet, court, and marry his first wife?

3. When is the Bahia scheduled to sail?

4. What is James Wait's native city?

5. What war did the narrator fight in?

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