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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. What negative quality does Kate see in Alex?
(a) Fear.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Dishonesty.
(d) Arrogance.

2. What is Kate's response to Alex's idea that the natives are primitive because they haven't invented the wheel?
(a) They have much more sophisticated tools.
(b) They have no need for wheels in their environment.
(c) They are indeed primitive, but kindly.
(d) There are many kinds of intelligence.

3. What kind of problems does Kate believe there are?
(a) Those that you should ignore and those that require attention.
(b) Those that have no solution and those that solve themselves.
(c) Those that are important and those that aren't.
(d) Those that you can solve and those you can't.

4. What incident causes Alex to become angry and demolish his own bedroom?
(a) His mother going to the hospital.
(b) His father's shaving his mother's head.
(c) His sister crying about his mother's illness.
(d) His mother passing out in the kitchen.

5. Why is Omayra Torres anxious to preserve the rainforest?
(a) She believes the largest diamonds have yet to be discovered.
(b) She believes most medicinal plants haven't yet been discovered.
(c) She believes the native inhabitants deserve to live in their own habitat.
(d) She believes its beauty belongs to the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Padre Valdomero, a captured Indian is a _____________Indian.

2. What practical joke does Alex recall Kate playing on him?

3. What does Kate give Alex to replace the losses from Morgana's theft?

4. Padre Valdomero knew his encounter with the beast was real, because ______________________ lingered.

5. What does Alex believe are his own best qualities?

(see the answer key)

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