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

2. Who claimed the Galapagos Islands in 1832?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) England.

3. What do the two stars by the names of certain characters in the story mean?
(a) These characters are the only surviving characters.
(b) These characters are royal figures.
(c) These characters would be dead before the sun went down.
(d) These characters are the most important.

4. What is the name of the cruise ship that takes its maiden voyage to the Galapagos Islands?
(a) The Bahia de Navidad.
(b) The Bahia de Santander.
(c) The Bahia de Caraquez Ecuador.
(d) The Bahia de Darwin.

5. What is the name of the archipelago of volcanic peaks due west of Guayaquil?
(a) The Galapagos Islands.
(b) The Solomon Islands.
(c) The Fiji Islands.
(d) The Kuril Islands.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many foster homes had Wait lived in growing up?

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

3. What subject did James Wait study for two years at the vocation high school in his home town?

4. How many cruise ships have their port in Guayaquil?

5. When is the Bahia scheduled to sail?

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