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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the People of the Mist react to Alex's Tarzan yell?

2. Why does Ludovid Leblanc shave with bottled water?

3. Why is Alex surprised when he sees Tepuis, the home of the Gods?

4. What injury does Alex suffer?

5. What does Nadia say the jaguar is for Alex?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alex believe that his sister Nicole would agree with Nadia's idea that the Beast should be spoken with?

2. Why would pistols be of no use in defending against an attack by the People of the Mist?

3. Why are the travelers unable to move after their boat disappears?

4. What unexpected injury does Alex sustain while waiting to be rescued and how does it affect him?

5. Why do the efforts of the expedition to lure the Indians with gifts and trinkets fail?

6. Why are watches and compasses of little use in the Amazon jungle?

7. What does Nadia learn when she is the first to glimpse the Beast?

8. Why are Alex and Nadia not frightened by their encounter with the People of the Mist?

9. Who are the People of the Mist?

10. What causes the kidnappers to become angry with Nadia and how is the problem resolved?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Select two of the following characters to describe the difference between what they seemed to be and what they actually were: Omayra Torres, Karakawe, the Beast, or the Rahakanariwa. Use examples from the text to show what gives the initial impression, and how that impression is changed as the story progresses.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Alex's idea of what it means to be civilized, as he explains it in Chapter Four, with the ideas of Kate or Padre Valdomero, using quotations from the text. Which point of view is closer to your own?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why metal and many objects of everyday use to Alex such as cell phones, watches, and compasses, are useless in the Amazon jungle.

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