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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. What is the name of the Peruvian pilot who has his fighter-bomber skipping from wisp to wisp of finely divided matter at the very edge of the planet's atmosphere in Chapter 34?
(a) Kilgore Trout.
(b) Bobby King.
(c) Guillermo Reyes.
(d) Willard Flemming.

2. What bird becomes crucial to the survival of the little human colony on Santa Rosalia?
(a) Finch.
(b) Red-footed booby.
(c) Blue-footed booby.
(d) Waved albatross.

3. Why is James Wait laid on the sun deck of the Bahia in Book 2: Chapter 1?
(a) He is wet and needs to dry off.
(b) The rest of the ship is dark.
(c) He is to heavy to carry to bed.
(d) He is too pale and needs a tan.

4. What is Guillermo Reyes's rocket compared to in Chapter 34?
(a) The flightless penguin.
(b) The dancing blue-footed booby.
(c) The great land torotise.
(d) The colorful chameleon.

5. Who could be seen as a virtuous knight as in days of yore in Chapter 38?
(a) Adolf von Kleist.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Major Ricardo Cortez.
(d) Mandarax.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 26, where does the Captain devise his emergency plan for the Bahia?

2. What television show does the Captain of the Bahia appear on?

3. In what year was the last human marriage in the Galapagos Islands performed?

4. Where is the Bahia headed in Book 2: Chapter 2?

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

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