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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 cruise ship that takes its maiden voyage to the Galapagos Islands?
(a) The Bahia de Caraquez Ecuador.
(b) The Bahia de Darwin.
(c) The Bahia de Santander.
(d) The Bahia de Navidad.

2. What branch of military had Roy served in?
(a) The Marines.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Airforce.
(d) The Army.

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

4. Where was the Bahia built?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Greece.
(d) Russia.

5. What film footage did Mary Hepburn show her students when she lectured on the Galapagos Islands at Ilium High School?
(a) The courtship dance of the finches.
(b) The courtship dance of the red-footed boobies.
(c) The courtship dance of the blue-footed boobies.
(d) The courtship dance of the waved albatross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Zenji Hiroguchi travel under?

2. What single word adequately describes Charles Darwin's transformation of the Galapagos Islands from worthless to priceless?

3. In what language does Andrew MacIntosh speak to Jesús Ortiz in?

4. What bird is a teaser and a robber of the blue-footed boobies?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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