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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. According to the narrator, what two animals keep the human population nice and manageable, and nobody starves?
(a) Sea turtles and fish.
(b) Dolphins and stingrays.
(c) Blue-footed boobies and finches.
(d) Killer whales and sharks.

2. How many wives has James Wait had?
(a) 3.
(b) 17.
(c) 10.
(d) 1.

3. When does Siegfried von Kleist die?
(a) December 25, 1986.
(b) November 27, 1986.
(c) April 13, 1986.
(d) October 31, 1986.

4. Who has claimed to have been exposed to radiation when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan?
(a) Willard Flemming.
(b) Selena MacIntosh.
(c) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
(d) Hisako Hiroguchi.

5. What did Mary Hepburn's husband, Roy, die from?
(a) A gunshot wound.
(b) Alcohol poisoning.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) A brain tumor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many foster homes had Wait lived in growing up?

2. What subject is Adolf von Kleist interest in?

3. What animal does Roy fight to stay alive to see on the Galapagos Islands?

4. What is the capital of Ecuador?

5. Who is Willard Flemming?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who discovered the Galapagos Islands in 1535 A.D.?

4. Does Mary Hepburn want to go to the Galapagos Islands? Explain.

5. Summarize James Wait's childhood as it is described in Chapter 3.

6. In Chapter 3, how is Charles Darwin described?

7. What had Hernando Cruz planned to do to the Bahia if the trip was canceled?

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

9. Who is Akiko, and what is unique about her? Where is she born?

10. How does Mary Hepburn recognize the Island of Santa Rosalia in Chapter 24?

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