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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. When Wait considered himself old enough to run away, he hitchhiked to __________.

3. Who's portrait is behind the bar at the Hotel El Dorado?

4. What country is Peru about to declare war on in Chapter 22?

5. In what year was the last human marriage in the Galapagos Islands performed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Mandarax? Who created it? How many Mandarax were made? What is its function?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In your opinion, how are women viewed in the novel Galapagos? Are women overruled by their male counterparts or are women treated equally? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Give a full and complete profile of James Wait. Identify his physical appearance, his mental, emotional, and personality characteristics, and detail his past history. Use direct references from the novel and cite your references.

Essay Topic 3

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

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