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

2. Who coined the term "biology?"
(a) Gottfried Treveranus.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) Charles Darwin.

3. How many species of finch are on the Island of Santa Rosalia?
(a) 300.
(b) 13.
(c) 30.
(d) 3.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 26, where does the Captain devise his emergency plan for the Bahia?

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

3. What war did the narrator fight in?

4. Who is considered to be wild and greedy and inconsiderate, but not insane?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the Hotel El Dorado.

8. Compare and contrast Mandarax to Gokubi.

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

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

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