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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) Leon Trout.
(b) Siegfried von Kleist.
(c) Hisako Hiroguchi.
(d) Adolf von Kleist.

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Willard Flemming?
(a) Mary Hepburn's first husband.
(b) The bartender at the Hotel El Dorado.
(c) The manager at the Hotel El Dorado.
(d) The name James Wait uses on his Canadian passport.

7. According to the narrator, what made marriage so difficult?
(a) The lack of morals.
(b) The oversized brain.
(c) The undersized heart.
(d) The lack of support.

8. 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 brain.
(b) Her spirit.
(c) Her heart.
(d) Her kidneys.

9. How many tombs are on the Galapagos Islands?
(a) 5.
(b) 25.
(c) 0.
(d) 75.

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

11. in 1986 A.D., where was the chief seaport of the little South American democracy of Ecuador?
(a) Esmeraldas.
(b) Guayaquil.
(c) Guaranda.
(d) Babahoyo.

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

13. What bird is a teaser and a robber of the blue-footed boobies?
(a) The waved albatrosses.
(b) The frigate.
(c) The blue heron.
(d) The penguin.

14. What subject did James Wait study for two years at the vocation high school in his home town?
(a) Automobile repair and maintenance.
(b) Aircraft repair and maintenance.
(c) Paralegal.
(d) Restaurant Management.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where was the Bahia built?

4. What bird becomes crucial to the survival of the little human colony on Santa Rosalia?

5. How does Mary Hepburn die?

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