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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator's mother could do all of the following dance forms except which one?
(a) The Waltz.
(b) The Jitterbug.
(c) The Lindy hop.
(d) Disco.

2. Who's portrait is behind the bar at the Hotel El Dorado?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Charles Darwin.

3. The Bahia is technically a ship designed for ________.
(a) War.
(b) Scuba diving.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Cargo.

4. What is the name given to the moment when the beaks of the blue-footed boobies are pointed in the direction exactly opposite to the pull of gravity?
(a) Sky-Pointing.
(b) Heart-Forming.
(c) Beak-Pointing.
(d) Blue-Love.

5. Where was the Bahia built?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Greece.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What branch of military had Roy served in?

2. What subject did Mary Hepburn teach at the public high school in Ilium, New York?

3. Who's maiden name is Boone?

4. Including Wait, how many guests are staying at the Hotel El Dorado?

5. Who has a stuffed Galapagos marine iguana on his desk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Siegfried von Kleist have no children?

2. What is Mandarax? Who created it? How many Mandarax were made? What is its function?

3. Why does the narrator choose the Captain's head to get into in Chapter 23?

4. In what way is Mary Hepburn "Mother Nature Personified?"

5. Why do blue-footed boobies dance the way they do in courtship?

6. How do people describe their brains in Chapter 6?

7. Compare and contrast the Bahia De Darwin to the Beagle.

8. Compare and contrast the Galapagos Islands back in 1986 A.D. to a million years later.

9. Describe Andrew MacIntosh's personality as it is described in Chapter 19.

10. Why is Mary Hepburn practically unseen in the Hotel El Dorado?

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