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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: The Thing Was, Chapter 11-Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Wait considered himself old enough to run away, he hitchhiked to __________.
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Midland.

2. How many cruise ships have their port in Guayaquil?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

3. What is Mary Hepburn wearing when she arrives at the Hotel El Dorado?
(a) A cheeta print dress.
(b) Jeans and a tank top.
(c) U.S. Marine Corps combat fatigues.
(d) A silk formal dress.

4. What animal is not found on the Galapagos Islands?
(a) Gophers.
(b) Tortoises.
(c) Iguanas.
(d) Geckos.

5. Who is considered to be wild and greedy and inconsiderate, but not insane?
(a) Andrew MacIntosh.
(b) Mary Hepburn.
(c) Hernando Cruz.
(d) James Wait.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many wives has James Wait had?

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

4. How many children do the Hepburn's have?

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

(see the answer key)

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