3. What is the name given to the moment when the beaks of the blue-footed boobies are pointed in the direction exactly opposite to the pull of gravity?

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

5. Who disconnects the El Dorado's phones in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Does Mary Hepburn want to go to the Galapagos Islands? Explain.

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

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

9. In Chapter 3, how is Charles Darwin described?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Technology and robots are widely seen and used throughout the novel. In what ways has technology effected the characters in the novel? What dangers are there for a society which greatly depends on technology?

Essay Topic 2

Mandarax speaks in quotes. Examine three specific quotes Mandarax uses and discuss the impact of these quotes on the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of the Afterlife to the novel. What does the Afterlife look like? Do the characters have a choice to enter into the Afterlife? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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