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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: The Thing Was, Chapter 21-Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what are the people of the Galapagos Islands only tool?
(a) Fingers.
(b) Teeth.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Rocks.

2. What bird is a teaser and a robber of the blue-footed boobies?
(a) The frigate.
(b) The blue heron.
(c) The penguin.
(d) The waved albatrosses.

3. Who's maiden name is Boone?
(a) Mary Hepburn.
(b) Selena MacIntosh.
(c) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
(d) Hisako Hiroguchi.

4. What extra credit response did Noble Claggett turn in to Mary Hepburn that stayed with her until the day she died?
(a) A poem.
(b) A portrait.
(c) A novel.
(d) A song.

5. What is the name of the Galapagos Islands' northernmost island?
(a) Easter Island.
(b) Cocos Island.
(c) Santa Rosalia.
(d) Isabela Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is far superior to people when it comes to distinguishing between different odors?

2. What is the name of the ship that Darwin took on a mapping expedition that would take him completely around the world and would last five years?

3. What bird becomes crucial to the survival of the little human colony on Santa Rosalia?

4. Who was a former citizen of the Soviet Union and has been granted political asylum in Great Britain?

5. It is theorized that ________ created all the creatures on the Galapagos Islands, so they had no need for transportation.

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