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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 through 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the natives who live along the Amazon called?
(a) Caboclos.
(b) Indios.
(c) Amazonians.
(d) Negritos.

2. What does an Indian hunter never eat?
(a) Food cooked by enemies.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) The flesh of his own victim.
(d) The flesh of an animal killed by another.

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

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

5. What is a nahab?
(a) A jaguar.
(b) An Amazon native.
(c) A photographer.
(d) A foreigner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does one judge the size of a reptile?

2. Why is Mauro Carias anxious to capture the beast?

3. What is Kate's response to Alex's idea that the natives are primitive because they haven't invented the wheel?

4. What do the Indians believe is the cause of individualism?

5. What Amazon fish grows to the size of a carpet?

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