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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. Who owns the Bahia?
(a) A pair of young German sisters.
(b) A pair of old German brothers.
(c) A pair of old German sisters.
(d) A pair of young German brothers.

2. What was the narrator's father's occupation?
(a) A science-fiction writer.
(b) A scientist.
(c) A pastry chef.
(d) A biology teacher.

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

4. 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 Beetle.
(c) The Bangle.
(d) The Bronco.

5. How many species of finch are on the Island of Santa Rosalia?
(a) 3.
(b) 300.
(c) 13.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does Andrew MacIntosh reveal his real reason for flying Selena, Kazakh, and the Hiroguchis from Merida to Guayaquil?

3. What extra credit response did Noble Claggett turn in to Mary Hepburn that stayed with her until the day she died?

4. The narrator's mother could do all of the following dance forms except which one?

5. Who claimed the Galapagos Islands in 1832?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mandarax? Who created it? How many Mandarax were made? What is its function?

2. Why does the narrator choose the Captain's head to get into in Chapter 23?

3. Summarize James Wait's childhood as it is described in Chapter 3.

4. In Chapter 25, how is Hernando Cruz's case compared to that of Jesus Ortiz?

5. Why does Mary Hepburn believe she had a brain tumor in Chapter 7?

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

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

8. Why does Kazakh never bark or play with other dogs?

9. What mystery in 1986 A.D. is discussed in Chapter 1?

10. Who is Akiko, and what is unique about her? Where is she born?

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