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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. Another theory is given that the animals on the Galapagos Islands had been shooed ashore two by two down the plank of __________.
(a) The Bahia de Darwin.
(b) The Titanic.
(c) Joan's Ark.
(d) Noah's Ark.

2. What animal does Roy fight to stay alive to see on the Galapagos Islands?
(a) Giraffe.
(b) Penguins.
(c) Dolphins.
(d) Tortoises.

3. What other subject did Mary Hepburn teach at Ilium High School?
(a) Human sexuality.
(b) Physical education.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Art.

4. Who is a bartender at the Hotel El Dorado and a 21 year old descendant of proud Inca noblemen?
(a) Jesus Ortiz.
(b) Willard Flemming.
(c) James Wait.
(d) Leon Trout.

5. Including Wait, how many guests are staying at the Hotel El Dorado?
(a) 53.
(b) 6.
(c) 100.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what two animals keep the human population nice and manageable, and nobody starves?

2. What branch of military had Roy served in?

3. What is Mary Hepburn wearing when she arrives at the Hotel El Dorado?

4. Who can talk to animals?

5. Who is Donald?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two promises does Roy Hepburn ask his wife to keep on his deathbed?

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

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

4. Describe the city of Guayaquil as it is described in Chapter 1.

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

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

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

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

9. What mystery in 1986 A.D. is discussed in Chapter 1?

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

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