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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. Who is a bartender at the Hotel El Dorado and a 21 year old descendant of proud Inca noblemen?
(a) Jesus Ortiz.
(b) Willard Flemming.
(c) Leon Trout.
(d) James Wait.

2. What is ikebana?
(a) The Japanese art of pottery making.
(b) The Japanese art of flower arranging.
(c) The Chinese art of flower arranging.
(d) The Chinese art of sculpture making.

3. What book does Roy make Mary get while he lays in his deathbed?
(a) The Vedas.
(b) The Koran.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Book of Mormon.

4. What did Mary Hepburn's husband, Roy, die from?
(a) Alcohol poisoning.
(b) A broken heart.
(c) A gunshot wound.
(d) A brain tumor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject did James Wait study for two years at the vocation high school in his home town?

2. Who coined the term "biology?"

3. What is the name of the archipelago of volcanic peaks due west of Guayaquil?

4. Who is considered to be wild and greedy and inconsiderate, but not insane?

5. Who's maiden name is Boone?

(see the answer key)

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