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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: The Thing Was, Chapter 17-Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Kazakh?
(a) Selena's father.
(b) The hotel manager.
(c) Selena's seeing-eye dog.
(d) Roy Hepburn's mistress.

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

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

4. What year was Charles Darwin born?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1492.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1802.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When is the Bahia scheduled to sail?

3. What animal is not found on the Galapagos Islands?

4. When his beauty began to fade, Wait became an instructor in __________ dancing.

5. What animal does Roy fight to stay alive to see on the Galapagos Islands?

(see the answer key)

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