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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Andrew MacIntosh receive fifty million dollars?
(a) It is loaned to him from a relative.
(b) It is loaned to him from the bank.
(c) He inherites the money.
(d) He wins it at the casino.

2. Who is Donald?
(a) The captain of the Bahia.
(b) Mary and Roy Hepburn's cat.
(c) A golden retriever that Roy tied to a stake.
(d) Mary Heburn's first husband.

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

4. How many wives has James Wait had?
(a) 1.
(b) 17.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

5. How many children do the Hepburn's have?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

6. Who coined the term "biology?"
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Gottfried Treveranus.
(d) Charles Darwin.

7. Where do Panama hats come from?
(a) Panama.
(b) Madagascar.
(c) Guyana.
(d) Ecuador.

8. What company is automating the Bahia and also employs Zenji Hiroguchi?
(a) Sony.
(b) Mitsumi.
(c) GEFFCo.
(d) Matsumoto.

9. Who has claimed to have been exposed to radiation when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan?
(a) Willard Flemming.
(b) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
(c) Selena MacIntosh.
(d) Hisako Hiroguchi.

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

11. What animal is far superior to people when it comes to distinguishing between different odors?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Birds.
(c) Cats.
(d) Fish.

12. What is the name of the cruise ship that takes its maiden voyage to the Galapagos Islands?
(a) The Bahia de Santander.
(b) The Bahia de Darwin.
(c) The Bahia de Navidad.
(d) The Bahia de Caraquez Ecuador.

13. Another theory is given that the animals on the Galapagos Islands had been shooed ashore two by two down the plank of __________.
(a) The Bahia de Darwin.
(b) Noah's Ark.
(c) Joan's Ark.
(d) The Titanic.

14. According to the narrator, what two animals keep the human population nice and manageable, and nobody starves?
(a) Blue-footed boobies and finches.
(b) Dolphins and stingrays.
(c) Killer whales and sharks.
(d) Sea turtles and fish.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many tombs are on the Galapagos Islands?

3. What magazine does Andrew MacIntosh read from cover to cover every month?

4. Who is Willard Flemming?

5. What is the name of the Galapagos Islands' northernmost island?

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