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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two: And the Thing Became, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who's portrait is behind the bar at the Hotel El Dorado?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Aristotle.

2. Who steers the Bahia during the night in Book 2: Chapter 4?
(a) Adolf von Kleist.
(b) Mary Hepburn.
(c) Kamikaze.
(d) Mandarax.

3. What animal begins attacking the Captain's bedsores?
(a) Vampire finches.
(b) Blue-footed boobies.
(c) Land tortoises.
(d) Sea lions.

4. After the Bahia is raided, what is the Captain still in possession of?
(a) The rats inside the Bahia.
(b) His sense of direction.
(c) His sense of humor.
(d) The Maine lobster.

5. Where did Wait meet, court, and marry his first wife?
(a) On a cruise.
(b) On the streets.
(c) At the dance studio.
(d) At the bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is unmarried, never reproduced, and drowns by a tidal wave?

2. What happened to Adolf's parents?

3. What nationality does James Wait claim to be in Chapter 2?

4. Who is considered the ancestor of every human being on the face of the earth and the Captain of the Bahia?

5. Who was head of the English Department at Ilium High School who had proposed marriage to Mary Hepburn?

(see the answer key)

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