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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. What is the name of the body of water named in honor of Charles Darwin?
(a) The Darwin River.
(b) The Darwin Bay.
(c) The Bay of Charles.
(d) The Darwin Stream.

2. When is the Bahia scheduled to sail?
(a) January 1, 1986.
(b) April 1, 1986.
(c) November 28, 1986.
(d) July 4, 1986.

3. What bird becomes crucial to the survival of the little human colony on Santa Rosalia?
(a) Waved albatross.
(b) Blue-footed booby.
(c) Finch.
(d) Red-footed booby.

4. How does Mary Hepburn die?
(a) She commits suicide.
(b) She has a brain tumor.
(c) A great white shark eats her.
(d) She falls overboard the Bahia.

5. What do the two stars by the names of certain characters in the story mean?
(a) These characters would be dead before the sun went down.
(b) These characters are the only surviving characters.
(c) These characters are the most important.
(d) These characters are royal figures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Willard Flemming?

2. What magazine does Andrew MacIntosh read from cover to cover every month?

3. What is the name of the ship that Darwin took on a mapping expedition that would take him completely around the world and would last five years?

4. What was the narrator's father's occupation?

5. Who is a bartender at the Hotel El Dorado and a 21 year old descendant of proud Inca noblemen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Jesus Ortiz . What is his brain capable of doing?

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

4. Give two theories that are discussed for how animals arrived on the Galapagos Islands.

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

6. In Chapter 25, how is Hernando Cruz's case compared to that of Jesus Ortiz?

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

8. Discuss the three examples the narrator uses to show how people can become independent from their parents.

9. Why does Siegfried von Kleist have no children?

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

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