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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cesar Santos believe the Amazon natives need no conversion?
(a) The Amazon natives are living on a higher plane.
(b) The Amazon natives are already converted.
(c) The Amazon natives are already spiritual.
(d) The Amazon natives are too ignorant to learn.

2. Who does Mauro Carias refuse to identify?
(a) The expedition member he fears.
(b) The expedition member he distrusts.
(c) The expedition member he trusts.
(d) The expedition member he dislikes.

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

4. What did the Amazon natives do with their captives in the past, according to Professor Leblanc?
(a) They killed them.
(b) They made them rulers.
(c) They kept them as slaves.
(d) They ate them.

5. How does Kate define experience?
(a) When you learn just before you need it.
(b) What you learn just after you need it.
(c) What you learn just when you need it.
(d) What you never learn until you need it.

6. According to Padre Valdomero, a captured Indian is a _____________Indian.
(a) Careless.
(b) Dead.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Surprised.

7. What are the invisible activities in Santa Maria de la Lluvia?
(a) Cooking and waiting.
(b) Waiting and smuggling exotic birds.
(c) Smuggling birds, drugs, and weapons.
(d) Diamond hunting and waiting.

8. Why does Alex enjoy mountain climbing?
(a) He likes to be away from the city.
(b) He likes to spend time by himself.
(c) He likes to feel that he can control his body and his mind.
(d) He likes to breathe the clean air at high altitudes.

9. What bothers the travelers most while in the boat?
(a) Heat and humidity.
(b) Rain and mosquitoes.
(c) Fog and mist.
(d) Lack of clean water.

10. What does Rahakanarewa predict for the expedition?
(a) Several will die.
(b) They will enjoy the trip.
(c) All will die.
(d) They will succeed.

11. What opportunity does Kate advise Alex to never miss?
(a) An opportunity to express himself.
(b) An opportunity to learn.
(c) An opportunity to offer his opinion.
(d) An opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

12. What does the book Kate gives Alex contain?
(a) Topographical maps of the Amazon basin.
(b) Health tips for adventurous travelers.
(c) Information about native peoples.
(d) Pictures of Amazon flora and fauna.

13. What has made Alex brave enough to swim in the Amazon without fear?
(a) His experience with Morgana.
(b) His experience being lost in New York.
(c) His experience with the snake.
(d) His experience with the river dolphin.

14. Padre Valdomero knew his encounter with the beast was real, because ______________________ lingered.
(a) The sound.
(b) The memory.
(c) The odor.
(d) The terror.

15. What does the Amazon beast do when it encounters people?
(a) It destroys their homes and property.
(b) It kidnaps them.
(c) It kills them.
(d) It teaches them a new language.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Walimai travel with?

2. What is Professor LeBlanc's opinion about humanoid beasts?

3. What incident causes Alex to become angry and demolish his own bedroom?

4. What is the expedition searching for?

5. What effect does the Amazon beast have on humans around him?

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