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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who steers the Bahia during the day in Book 2: Chapter 4?
(a) James Wait.
(b) Adolf von Kleist.
(c) Siegfried von Kleist.
(d) Mary Hepburn.

2. Who speaks to Leon above the stern of the Bahia?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Samuel Johnston.
(c) Mary Hepburn.
(d) His Father.

3. Who is the Captain addressing when he shouts, "Welcome to 'the Nature Cruise of the Century'!"
(a) Mary Hepburn.
(b) Leon Trout.
(c) Adolf von Kleist.
(d) Siegfried von Kleist.

4. Who does the surviving group on board the Bahia expect the most trouble to come from in Chapter 37?
(a) James Wait.
(b) Kazakh.
(c) Leon Trout.
(d) Madarax.

5. Who plans to commit suicide by smashing a bus into something?
(a) James Wait.
(b) Siegfried von Kleist.
(c) Willard Flemming.
(d) Selena MacIntosh.

6. Who responds to the Captain's SOS in Book 2: Chapter 7?
(a) Mandarax.
(b) Robert Wojciehowitz.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Kilgore Trout.

7. What does Mary use to try and suffocate herself in Chapter 29?
(a) Duct tape.
(b) Panti hose.
(c) Saran wrap.
(d) Her Jackie dress.

8. What is the theory behind people with more of a streamlined skull?
(a) The more successful the cooking person.
(b) The more successful the business person.
(c) The more successful the fisher person.
(d) The more successful the farming person.

9. Which of the following author's are not quoted in Chapter 35?
(a) Robert Browning.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Jean De La Fontaine.
(d) Plato.

10. According to the narrator, how do people comfort those who are sick?
(a) With a hot cup of chicken noddle soup.
(b) With prayer and worship.
(c) With a ceremonial dance.
(d) With soothing tones and voice.

11. When the Bahia sinks, who has the only beard on the island?
(a) Willard Flemming.
(b) Siegfried von Kleist.
(c) Andrew MacIntosh.
(d) Adolf von Kleist.

12. What heirloom does Mary promise to leave Akiko when she dies?
(a) Orlon.
(b) Her wedding ring.
(c) Her notebook.
(d) Mandarax.

13. Who will become the six Eves to Captain von Kleist's Adam on Santa Rosalia?
(a) The Cheechako girls.
(b) The Kama'aina girls.
(c) The Kanaka Maoli girls.
(d) The Kanka-bonos girls.

14. What food source is a cure for people with vitamin and mineral deficiencies?
(a) Shark fin.
(b) Whale tongue.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Oysters.

15. Who finds himself posing as a protector of children?
(a) James Wait.
(b) Mandarax.
(c) Siefried von Kleist.
(d) Leon Trout.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who could be seen as a virtuous knight as in days of yore in Chapter 38?

2. As far as humanity is concerned, the Bahia is the new __________.

3. Who was Mrs. Onassis's first husband?

4. How does Mary Hepburn introduce herself to James Wait?

5. Where did the narrator's mom take him as a child that his father did not approve of?

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