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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kate believe the Amazon is dangerous to anthropologists?
(a) They lose their reason.
(b) They lose their way.
(c) They lose their composure.
(d) They lose their grants.

2. Which of Kate's habits are bad for her health?
(a) Drinking vodka and smoking a pipe.
(b) Drinking vodka and refusing to exercise.
(c) Smoking a pipe and forgetting to eat.
(d) Refusing to exercise and forgetting to eat.

3. What did a python do to end up as a trophy on Kate's wall?
(a) It ate her camera.
(b) It ate her Pekinese.
(c) It frightened her.
(d) It scared away her guide.

4. What is a surucucu?
(a) A poisonous spider.
(b) A poisonous frog.
(c) A poisonous snake.
(d) A poisonous lizard.

5. What resource was taken most frequently from the rainforest during the 19th century?
(a) Wood.
(b) Exotic birds.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Rubber.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Amazon beast do when it encounters people?

2. Why does Alex enjoy mountain climbing?

3. What negative quality does Kate see in Alex?

4. What does Captain Ariosto think of Father Valdomero?

5. Who does Mauro Carias refuse to identify?

(see the answer key)

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