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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the capital of Ecuador?
(a) Tulcán.
(b) Guayaquil.
(c) Quito.
(d) Guaranda.

2. Where do Panama hats come from?
(a) Ecuador.
(b) Madagascar.
(c) Panama.
(d) Guyana.

3. How does the narrator die?
(a) He died of old age.
(b) He was ate by a shark.
(c) A brain tumor.
(d) He was beheaded.

4. What animal is far superior to people when it comes to distinguishing between different odors?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Birds.
(c) Fish.
(d) Cats.

5. What subject did James Wait study for two years at the vocation high school in his home town?
(a) Aircraft repair and maintenance.
(b) Restaurant Management.
(c) Automobile repair and maintenance.
(d) Paralegal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tells Mary Hepburn the Bahia has landed on the Island of Santa Rosalia?

3. What magazine does Andrew MacIntosh read from cover to cover every month?

4. What was the narrator's father's occupation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what is Roy Hepburn's dying compared to? Explain.

2. Why is Mary Hepburn practically unseen in the Hotel El Dorado?

3. Give two theories that are discussed for how animals arrived on the Galapagos Islands.

4. What two promises does Roy Hepburn ask his wife to keep on his deathbed?

5. Describe the city of Guayaquil as it is described in Chapter 1.

6. How do people describe their brains in Chapter 6?

7. What had Hernando Cruz planned to do to the Bahia if the trip was canceled?

8. Describe Andrew MacIntosh's personality as it is described in Chapter 19.

9. In what way is Mary Hepburn "Mother Nature Personified?"

10. How does Mary Hepburn recognize the Island of Santa Rosalia in Chapter 24?

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