4. 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?

5. What is the name of the Galapagos Islands' northernmost island?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 9, what is Roy Hepburn's dying compared to? Explain.

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

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

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

10. In a desperate attempt to keep his passengers from canceling their cruise on the Bahia, what does Bobby King do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mandarax speaks in quotes. Examine three specific quotes Mandarax uses and discuss the impact of these quotes on the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Natural selection is defined as the process by which inheritable traits make it more likely for an organism to survive and successfully reproduce. Make a case for or against natural selection. Use specific reasons and examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

In Book 1: Chapter 2, the narrator sees the blind Selena as an "experiment by Nature." Explain what the narrator means by an "experiment by Nature." Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

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