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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. According to the narrator, what is one of the top 1000 serious inherited diseases of Homo sapiens?
(a) Conjunctivitis.
(b) Bird flu.
(c) Retinitis pigmentosa.
(d) External Otitis.

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

3. Who wants to become a major property owner in Ecuador?
(a) Andrew MackIntosh.
(b) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
(c) Domingo Quezeda.
(d) James Wait.

4. What is the name of the body of water named in honor of Charles Darwin?
(a) The Darwin River.
(b) The Darwin Bay.
(c) The Darwin Stream.
(d) The Bay of Charles.

5. Who plans to commit suicide by smashing a bus into something?
(a) Selena MacIntosh.
(b) James Wait.
(c) Willard Flemming.
(d) Siegfried von Kleist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important object is missing from the Bahia?

2. It is theorized that ________ created all the creatures on the Galapagos Islands, so they had no need for transportation.

3. Why was James Wait ashamed to take off his shirt?

4. What is Ziggie?

5. What two names are left off the Bahia passenger list as a matter of delicacy?

(see the answer key)

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