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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 nationality does James Wait claim to be in Chapter 2?
(a) Irish.
(b) American.
(c) Canadian.
(d) German.

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

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

4. In Chapter 26, where does the Captain devise his emergency plan for the Bahia?
(a) In the shower.
(b) In the sauna.
(c) In the garden.
(d) In the ocean.

5. The narrator's mother could do all of the following dance forms except which one?
(a) Disco.
(b) The Jitterbug.
(c) The Waltz.
(d) The Lindy hop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says: "Good luck, my Swedish princess. I shall dream of you."

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

3. How many wives has James Wait had?

4. Who's maiden name is Boone?

5. What make and model vehicle does Hernando Cruz drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare and contrast Mandarax to Gokubi.

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

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

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

5. Why does Mary Hepburn believe she had a brain tumor in Chapter 7?

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

7. Who stated, "The dry and parched surface, being heated by the noon-day sun, gave to the air a close and sultry feeling, like that from a stove: we fancied even that the bushes smelt unpleasantly?" What is this statement in reference to?

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

9. What had Hernando Cruz planned to do to the Bahia if the trip was canceled?

10. Does Mary Hepburn want to go to the Galapagos Islands? Explain.

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