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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: The Thing Was, Chapter 35-Chapter 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many Maine lobsters were in aerated tanks of saltwater on board the Bahia before it was looted.
(a) 365.
(b) 450.
(c) 200.
(d) 50.

4. What is Mary Hepburn wearing when she arrives at the Hotel El Dorado?
(a) A cheeta print dress.
(b) A silk formal dress.
(c) U.S. Marine Corps combat fatigues.
(d) Jeans and a tank top.

5. The narrator's mother could do all of the following dance forms except which one?
(a) Disco.
(b) The Lindy hop.
(c) The Jitterbug.
(d) The Waltz.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the Bahia scheduled to sail?

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

3. When his beauty began to fade, Wait became an instructor in __________ dancing.

4. The narrator's mom once told him that he had the blood of a ________ noblemen flowing through his veins.

5. What make and model vehicle does Hernando Cruz drive?

(see the answer key)

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