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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: The Thing Was, Chapter 13-Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Bahia built?
(a) Ecuador.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Russia.
(d) Greece.

2. Who owns the Bahia?
(a) A pair of old German brothers.
(b) A pair of young German brothers.
(c) A pair of young German sisters.
(d) A pair of old German sisters.

3. Where do Panama hats come from?
(a) Madagascar.
(b) Guyana.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Panama.

4. Who is considered the ancestor of every human being on the face of the earth and the Captain of the Bahia?
(a) Adolf von Kleist.
(b) Leon Trout.
(c) Hisako Hiroguchi.
(d) Siegfried von Kleist.

5. According to the narrator, what made marriage so difficult?
(a) The lack of morals.
(b) The lack of support.
(c) The undersized heart.
(d) The oversized brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does it take the Bahia to sink?

2. What is the name of the Ecuadorian currency that has become worth less than a banana peel?

3. Who coined the term "biology?"

4. What is Mary Hepburn wearing when she arrives at the Hotel El Dorado?

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

(see the answer key)

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