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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What year was Charles Darwin born?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1492.

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

4. In what year was the last human marriage in the Galapagos Islands performed?
(a) 23011.
(b) 2012.
(c) 1802.
(d) 20000.

5. When Wait considered himself old enough to run away, he hitchhiked to __________.
(a) Midland.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Manhattan.

6. Who owns the Bahia?
(a) A pair of young German sisters.
(b) A pair of young German brothers.
(c) A pair of old German sisters.
(d) A pair of old German brothers.

7. What magazine does Andrew MacIntosh read from cover to cover every month?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) Times Magazine.
(d) Forbes Magazine.

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

9. Who is Kazakh?
(a) Selena's seeing-eye dog.
(b) The hotel manager.
(c) Selena's father.
(d) Roy Hepburn's mistress.

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

11. What animal is not found on the Galapagos Islands?
(a) Iguanas.
(b) Geckos.
(c) Tortoises.
(d) Gophers.

12. What country is Peru about to declare war on in Chapter 22?
(a) Paraguay.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Guyana.
(d) Ecuador.

13. Who is considered to be wild and greedy and inconsiderate, but not insane?
(a) Andrew MacIntosh.
(b) Mary Hepburn.
(c) Hernando Cruz.
(d) James Wait.

14. Mary Hepburn whispers, "You are my enemy. Why would I want to carry such a terrible enemy inside of me?" What is she referring to?
(a) Her spirit.
(b) Her kidneys.
(c) Her heart.
(d) Her brain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is far superior to people when it comes to distinguishing between different odors?

2. Where was the Bahia built?

3. Who is Willard Flemming?

4. What film footage did Mary Hepburn show her students when she lectured on the Galapagos Islands at Ilium High School?

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

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