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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 does Mary use to try and suffocate herself in Chapter 29?

2. What is Ziggie?

3. Who responds to the Captain's SOS in Book 2: Chapter 7?

4. Who bathes the Captain every day and shampoos and combs his beard and hair?

5. What island does Mary and the Captain land the Bahia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Siegfried von Kleist dance in Chapter 37?

2. What happens to Kazakh in Chapter 31?

3. How many times has the narrator seen the blue tunnel in to the Afterlife? Where has he seen it appear?

4. According to the narrator, are there anymore left handed people in the world? Explain.

5. According to the narrator, why do people get hiccups?

6. Did James Wait ever reproduce? Explain.

7. When does Mary Hepburn begin her artificial insemination program? How old is she at the time?

8. In the Captain's story he shares with Akiko, how are lobsters much like humans?

9. What is the launching of Reyes's missile compared to in Chapter 34?

10. Who does Kamikaze catch by the spring and is about to copulate with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An important theme to the novel is that "human perception creates and perpetrates suffering." Use specific reasons and examples from the text that support this theme.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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