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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Adolf's parents?

2. Who tells Mary Hepburn the Bahia has landed on the Island of Santa Rosalia?

3. How many tombs are on the Galapagos Islands?

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

5. Who befriended Wait after he ran away from home and taught him how to be a successful homosexual prostitute?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Adolf von Kleist tell Mary Hepburn that he might be a carrier of Huntington's chorea?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What two promises does Roy Hepburn ask his wife to keep on his deathbed?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identity and self-image are extremely deceiving as many characters in the novel are not whom they claim to be. Why do you think so many characters in the novel claim to be somebody else completely? What does this tell you about importance and emphasis on image and one's identity?

Essay Topic 2

Mental illness is a disorder characterized by disturbances in a person's thoughts, emotions, or behavior. Compare and contrast the views of mental illness as seen in the novel to modern day society. Use at least three examples from the novel to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Technology and robots are widely seen and used throughout the novel. In what ways has technology effected the characters in the novel? What dangers are there for a society which greatly depends on technology?

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