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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. What film footage did Mary Hepburn show her students when she lectured on the Galapagos Islands at Ilium High School?
(a) The courtship dance of the finches.
(b) The courtship dance of the blue-footed boobies.
(c) The courtship dance of the waved albatross.
(d) The courtship dance of the red-footed boobies.

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

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

4. Who is Kazakh?
(a) Selena's seeing-eye dog.
(b) The hotel manager.
(c) Roy Hepburn's mistress.
(d) Selena's father.

5. How many years does it take the Bahia to sink?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is ikebana?

3. Who is a bartender at the Hotel El Dorado and a 21 year old descendant of proud Inca noblemen?

4. What bird is a teaser and a robber of the blue-footed boobies?

5. in 1986 A.D., where was the chief seaport of the little South American democracy of Ecuador?

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