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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 make and model vehicle does Hernando Cruz drive?

2. To whom does Andrew MacIntosh reveal his real reason for flying Selena, Kazakh, and the Hiroguchis from Merida to Guayaquil?

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

4. What was the narrator's father's occupation?

5. Who is the 35-year-old American male who could not swim a stroke, who intended to get from the South American continent to the Galapagos Islands?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Siegfried von Kleist have no children?

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

4. How do people describe their brains in Chapter 6?

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

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

7. Compare and contrast Mandarax to Gokubi.

8. Compare and contrast the Galapagos Islands back in 1986 A.D. to a million years later.

9. Why do blue-footed boobies dance the way they do in courtship?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Courting of a potential mate is easily seen between both animals and human beings. To what extent is animal courting similar to that of human courting? Use examples from the text to explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Theories of how animals landed on the Galapagos Islands vary from transportation via rafts to religious phenomena. Discuss at least three theories revealed in the text as to how animals landed on the Islands; to what extent can these theories be proven? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of the Afterlife to the novel. What does the Afterlife look like? Do the characters have a choice to enter into the Afterlife? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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