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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why don't leeches cause pain?
(a) They inject an anesthetic when they bite.
(b) They are soft.
(c) They such blood gently.
(d) Their teeth are very thin.

2. What do the Indians believe is the cause of individualism?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Education.
(c) Madness.
(d) An independent spirit.

3. What kind of death does Kate say is preferable to others?
(a) Dying peacefully at home.
(b) Being murdered.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Falling from a waterfall.

4. Why were Nadia and Alex not kept under guard by the Indians?
(a) They wanted them to escape.
(b) They had to follow or be lost in the jungle.
(c) They were too weak to run away.
(d) They were enchanted.

5. What does Alex fight in his initiation to manhood?
(a) A jaguar.
(b) A deadly snake.
(c) Fear.
(d) Tahama, the warrior.

6. What women are in Mauro Carias' compound?
(a) His personal servants.
(b) His wife and daughters.
(c) His cooks.
(d) His female army officers.

7. How many languages does Nadia speak?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

8. What does Mauro Carias offer to do for Nadia?
(a) Pay for her education.
(b) Help her to go home.
(c) Become her godfather.
(d) Marry her.

9. What unusual response is considered good manners after a meal in the Indian village?
(a) Giving thanks.
(b) Vomiting.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Burping.

10. What do the Indians call their village?
(a) The Hearth of Time.
(b) The Eye of the World.
(c) Our Home.
(d) The Center of the Universe.

11. How do the People of the Mist react to Alex's Tarzan yell?
(a) They get angry.
(b) They run away.
(c) They laugh.
(d) They gag him.

12. What resource do the Indians believe will contaminate their societies?
(a) Metal.
(b) Quartz.
(c) Oil.
(d) Gemstones.

13. What does Nadia say the jaguar is for Alex?
(a) His dark side.
(b) His look-alike.
(c) His nemesis.
(d) His totemic animal.

14. What does Alex hope to get on the trek with Walimai?
(a) Medicine for his mother.
(b) Three crystal eggs.
(c) New friends.
(d) A map back to camp.

15. Why does Alex say that fear is good?
(a) It helps us build strength.
(b) It unites us in common humanity.
(c) It warns us of danger.
(d) It keeps us alert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury does Alex suffer?

2. What past experience caused Alex to feel similar danger?

3. What does Alex do with his glasses when he confronts the jaguar?

4. What is Kate paying Alex to do for her?

5. Why can't the expedition hope for rescue if they start back on foot?

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