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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 do the two stars by the names of certain characters in the story mean?
(a) These characters are the most important.
(b) These characters are royal figures.
(c) These characters are the only surviving characters.
(d) These characters would be dead before the sun went down.

2. What two names are left off the Bahia passenger list as a matter of delicacy?
(a) James Wait and Willard Flemming.
(b) Roy and Mary Hepburn.
(c) Selena MacIntosh and Kazakh.
(d) Andrew and Selena MacIntosh.

3. When his beauty began to fade, Wait became an instructor in __________ dancing.
(a) Jazz.
(b) Ballroom.
(c) Contemporary.
(d) Salsa.

4. Who was Mrs. Onassis's first husband?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Walt Disney.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Mark Twain.

5. 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?
(a) The Bronco.
(b) The Beetle.
(c) The Bangle.
(d) The Beagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what two animals keep the human population nice and manageable, and nobody starves?

2. What country is Peru about to declare war on in Chapter 22?

3. What subject is Adolf von Kleist interest in?

4. What is James Wait's native city?

5. According to the narrator, what are the people of the Galapagos Islands only tool?

(see the answer key)

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