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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 happened to Adolf's parents?
(a) They were killed by a meteorite.
(b) They were murdered.
(c) They got lost at sea.
(d) They moved to the Galapagos Islands.

2. What is the name of the ship that Darwin took on a mapping expedition that would take him completely around the world and would last five years?
(a) The Beagle.
(b) The Bronco.
(c) The Beetle.
(d) The Bangle.

3. When his beauty began to fade, Wait became an instructor in __________ dancing.
(a) Salsa.
(b) Contemporary.
(c) Ballroom.
(d) Jazz.

4. Who is a bartender at the Hotel El Dorado and a 21 year old descendant of proud Inca noblemen?
(a) James Wait.
(b) Willard Flemming.
(c) Leon Trout.
(d) Jesus Ortiz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who's brain is so big that it can show him movies in his head which stars him and his dependents as millionaires?

2. Mary Hepburn whispers, "You are my enemy. Why would I want to carry such a terrible enemy inside of me?" What is she referring to?

3. How many years does it take the Bahia to sink?

4. What is ikebana?

5. What company is automating the Bahia and also employs Zenji Hiroguchi?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Compare and contrast the Bahia De Darwin to the Beagle.

3. Compare and contrast the Galapagos Islands back in 1986 A.D. to a million years later.

4. Who discovered the Galapagos Islands in 1535 A.D.?

5. Discuss the three examples the narrator uses to show how people can become independent from their parents.

6. When does Adolf von Kleist tell Mary Hepburn that he might be a carrier of Huntington's chorea?

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

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

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

10. Who stated, "The dry and parched surface, being heated by the noon-day sun, gave to the air a close and sultry feeling, like that from a stove: we fancied even that the bushes smelt unpleasantly?" What is this statement in reference to?

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