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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is considered the ancestor of every human being on the face of the earth and the Captain of the Bahia?
(a) Adolf von Kleist.
(b) Siegfried von Kleist.
(c) Hisako Hiroguchi.
(d) Leon Trout.

2. What single word adequately describes Charles Darwin's transformation of the Galapagos Islands from worthless to priceless?
(a) Magical.
(b) Impotent.
(c) Mundane.
(d) Predictable.

3. Who wants to become a major property owner in Ecuador?
(a) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
(b) Domingo Quezeda.
(c) Andrew MackIntosh.
(d) James Wait.

4. What is ikebana?
(a) The Chinese art of flower arranging.
(b) The Japanese art of flower arranging.
(c) The Japanese art of pottery making.
(d) The Chinese art of sculpture making.

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

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

7. 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) The Titanic.
(c) Joan's Ark.
(d) Noah's Ark.

8. Who disconnects the El Dorado's phones in Chapter 25?
(a) Mary Hepburn.
(b) Hernando Cruz.
(c) Jesús Ortiz.
(d) Adolf von Kleist.

9. What happened to Adolf's parents?
(a) They were killed by a meteorite.
(b) They were murdered.
(c) They moved to the Galapagos Islands.
(d) They got lost at sea.

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

11. Who is the 35-year-old American male who could not swim a stroke, who intended to get from the South American continent to the Galapagos Islands?
(a) Leon Trout.
(b) Zenji Hiroguchi.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) James Wait.

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

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

14. Who tells Mary Hepburn the Bahia has landed on the Island of Santa Rosalia?
(a) Andrew MacIntosh.
(b) A little bird.
(c) An iguana.
(d) The Captain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the body of water named in honor of Charles Darwin?

2. How does Andrew MacIntosh receive fifty million dollars?

3. When is the Bahia scheduled to sail?

4. Who's maiden name is Boone?

5. Who can talk to animals?

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