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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Boroba?
(a) Nadia's pet monkey.
(b) A water spirit.
(c) Cesar Santos' pet macaw.
(d) Alex's pet dog.

3. What did a python do to end up as a trophy on Kate's wall?
(a) It frightened her.
(b) It scared away her guide.
(c) It ate her Pekinese.
(d) It ate her camera.

4. What is the jaguar fed?
(a) A live monkey.
(b) A side of beef.
(c) A chihuahua.
(d) An iguana.

5. Why does Kate believe the Amazon is dangerous to anthropologists?
(a) They lose their composure.
(b) They lose their way.
(c) They lose their reason.
(d) They lose their grants.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the Mormon missionaries turn back from the expedition?

3. Why does Cesar Santos believe the Amazon natives need no conversion?

4. How many people form the expedition at the beginning?

5. Who does Walimai travel with?

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