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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What name does Zenji Hiroguchi travel under?
(a) James Wait.
(b) Willard Flemming.
(c) Paloma Picasso.
(d) Zenji Kenzaburo.

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

4. Who says: "Good luck, my Swedish princess. I shall dream of you."
(a) Andrew MacIntosh.
(b) Jesús Ortiz.
(c) Domingo Quezeda.
(d) Hernando Cruz.

5. How many species of finch are on the Island of Santa Rosalia?
(a) 300.
(b) 30.
(c) 13.
(d) 3.

6. What is the capital of Ecuador?
(a) Tulcán.
(b) Guaranda.
(c) Guayaquil.
(d) Quito.

7. What animal does Roy fight to stay alive to see on the Galapagos Islands?
(a) Penguins.
(b) Giraffe.
(c) Dolphins.
(d) Tortoises.

8. When does Siegfried von Kleist die?
(a) April 13, 1986.
(b) November 27, 1986.
(c) December 25, 1986.
(d) October 31, 1986.

9. What is the name of the Ecuadorian currency that has become worth less than a banana peel?
(a) Dollar.
(b) Euro.
(c) Sucre.
(d) Franc.

10. What subject did Mary Hepburn teach at the public high school in Ilium, New York?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Social Studies.
(c) Biology.
(d) Literature.

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

12. 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 Beagle.
(b) The Bangle.
(c) The Beetle.
(d) The Bronco.

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

14. What is James Wait's native city?
(a) Springfield.
(b) Midland City.
(c) Reading.
(d) Akron.

15. What is the name of the Galapagos Islands' northernmost island?
(a) Isabela Island.
(b) Santa Rosalia.
(c) Cocos Island.
(d) Easter Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two stars by the names of certain characters in the story mean?

2. Who's brain is so big that it can show him movies in his head which stars him and his dependents as millionaires?

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

4. How many wives has James Wait had?

5. How does Andrew MacIntosh receive fifty million dollars?

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