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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 nationality does James Wait claim to be in Chapter 2?
(a) Canadian.
(b) German.
(c) American.
(d) Irish.

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

3. How does Andrew MacIntosh receive fifty million dollars?
(a) He wins it at the casino.
(b) It is loaned to him from a relative.
(c) It is loaned to him from the bank.
(d) He inherites the money.

4. Who is considered to be wild and greedy and inconsiderate, but not insane?
(a) James Wait.
(b) Mary Hepburn.
(c) Andrew MacIntosh.
(d) Hernando Cruz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Willard Flemming?

2. What is the name of the Galapagos Islands' northernmost island?

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

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

5. What single word adequately describes Charles Darwin's transformation of the Galapagos Islands from worthless to priceless?

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