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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. Why are piranhas useful?
(a) They keep the Amazon free of garbage.
(b) They keep tourists out of the water.
(c) They frighten larger predators away.
(d) They eat algae.

2. Why does Cesar Santos say the Amazon natives rejected Christianity?
(a) It is too complicated.
(b) It is too simple.
(c) It is too demanding.
(d) It is too mystical.

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

4. What item does Alex still have after Morgana's theft?
(a) His passport.
(b) His money.
(c) His lunch.
(d) His flute.

5. What did the Amazon natives do with their captives in the past, according to Professor Leblanc?
(a) They ate them.
(b) They kept them as slaves.
(c) They made them rulers.
(d) They killed them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does the Amazon beast have on humans around him?

2. Why was Alex told not to say "Walimai"?

3. Padre Valdomero believes the Amazon natives are advanced on a _________________plane.

4. Who is conspiring with Mauro Carias to kill the Amazon natives?

5. Why does Alex enjoy mountain climbing?

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