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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was James Wait ashamed to take off his shirt?
(a) He had freckles all over his body.
(b) He had moles all over his body.
(c) He had acne all over his body.
(d) He had scars all over his body.

2. According to the narrator, what is one of the top 1000 serious inherited diseases of Homo sapiens?
(a) Retinitis pigmentosa.
(b) Bird flu.
(c) External Otitis.
(d) Conjunctivitis.

3. Leon Trout's fellow Marine recommends a young __________ doctor to treat his disease.
(a) Irish.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Russian.
(d) Swedish.

4. Who was Mrs. Onassis's first husband?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Walt Disney.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

5. The balance between the colonists and their food supply is based on ________.
(a) Desire.
(b) Trust.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Luck.

6. Which group survives in the greatest numbers in the watery environment of the Galapagos Archipelago?
(a) Farmer-folk.
(b) Business-folk.
(c) Fisher-folk.
(d) Manufacture -folk.

7. Who fathers Akiko's seven furry children?
(a) Siegfried von Kleist.
(b) Adolf von Kleist.
(c) Kamikaze.
(d) Mandarax.

8. What does James Wait say he thought people were put on earth to do?
(a) To gain knowledge.
(b) To help each other.
(c) To work until they die.
(d) To find cures to diseases.

9. What is Ziggie?
(a) Siegfried's nickname.
(b) Roy Hepburn's nickname.
(c) Mandarax's nickname.
(d) James Wait's nickname.

10. The narrator's mom once told him that he had the blood of a ________ noblemen flowing through his veins.
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Canadian.
(d) Asian.

11. How many warplanes does Ecuador keep at the Guayaquil International Airport?
(a) 45.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 10.

12. What is the international word for a ship in distress?
(a) Mayday.
(b) Yardım.
(c) Ajutor.
(d) Inferno.

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

14. Who legally marries Mary Kaplan and Willard Flemming?
(a) Mandarax.
(b) Selena MacIntosh.
(c) Adolf von Kleist.
(d) James Wait.

15. What are "ghetto blasters?"
(a) Walkie Talkies.
(b) Portable radios and tape-players.
(c) Type of weapon.
(d) A type of whistle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Mary Hepburn give to the Bahia?

2. Who is Kamikaze?

3. What instrument does the Captain of the Bahia use to call for help?

4. Which of the following author's are not quoted in Chapter 35?

5. What is the name of the Peruvian pilot who has his fighter-bomber skipping from wisp to wisp of finely divided matter at the very edge of the planet's atmosphere in Chapter 34?

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