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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What most surprises Alex that people can do without?
(a) Malls.
(b) Televisions.
(c) Telephones.
(d) Music players.

2. What is the expedition searching for?
(a) The lost city of El Dorado.
(b) The headwaters of the Amazon.
(c) Medicinal plants.
(d) A humanoid beast.

3. Why is Omayra Torres anxious to preserve the rainforest?
(a) She believes the largest diamonds have yet to be discovered.
(b) She believes most medicinal plants haven't yet been discovered.
(c) She believes its beauty belongs to the world.
(d) She believes the native inhabitants deserve to live in their own habitat.

4. What do the travelers eat that Alex has never seen as food?
(a) Insects.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Roasted monkey.
(d) Fried alligator.

5. What is Professor LeBlanc's opinion about humanoid beasts?
(a) They are nothing to fear.
(b) They are smarter than humans.
(c) They are terrifying.
(d) They do not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rahakanarewa?

2. Why does Alex enjoy mountain climbing?

3. What is Kate proud that she has never done?

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

5. What was Karakawe hired to do for Ludovic Leblanc?

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