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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. Who claimed the Galapagos Islands in 1832?
(a) France.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

2. Where do Panama hats come from?
(a) Ecuador.
(b) Panama.
(c) Madagascar.
(d) Guyana.

3. What make and model vehicle does Hernando Cruz drive?
(a) Cadillac El Dorado.
(b) Mercedes Benz SLR.
(c) BMW Mini Cooper.
(d) Ford Mustang.

4. Who says: "Good luck, my Swedish princess. I shall dream of you."
(a) Hernando Cruz.
(b) Jesús Ortiz.
(c) Andrew MacIntosh.
(d) Domingo Quezeda.

5. What bloodsucking animal, found on the Island of Santa Rosalia, survive by pecking at the long neck of an unheeding booby until it has raised little beads of blood?
(a) Red-footed boobies.
(b) Geospiza difficilis.
(c) Pink Flamingos.
(d) Peacocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has claimed to have been exposed to radiation when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan?

2. What name does Zenji Hiroguchi travel under?

3. What branch of military had Roy served in?

4. Who disconnects the El Dorado's phones in Chapter 25?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Siegfried von Kleist have no children?

7. Why does Kazakh never bark or play with other dogs?

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

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

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

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