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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: The Thing Was, Chapter 5-Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nationality does James Wait claim to be in Chapter 2?
(a) Canadian.
(b) German.
(c) Irish.
(d) American.

2. When is the Bahia scheduled to sail?
(a) July 4, 1986.
(b) January 1, 1986.
(c) April 1, 1986.
(d) November 28, 1986.

3. Who is Willard Flemming?
(a) Mary Hepburn's first husband.
(b) The bartender at the Hotel El Dorado.
(c) The name James Wait uses on his Canadian passport.
(d) The manager at the Hotel El Dorado.

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

5. When his beauty began to fade, Wait became an instructor in __________ dancing.
(a) Jazz.
(b) Salsa.
(c) Contemporary.
(d) Ballroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the name of the cruise ship that takes its maiden voyage to the Galapagos Islands?

3. Another theory is given that the animals on the Galapagos Islands had been shooed ashore two by two down the plank of __________.

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

5. Who claimed the Galapagos Islands in 1832?

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