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

2. What is Kate proud that she has never done?
(a) Worn a dress.
(b) Broken a bone.
(c) Told a lie.
(d) Backed down from a dare.

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

4. How do the Amazon natives feel about wealth?
(a) They see no wealth in their future.
(b) They see no hope of wealth.
(c) They see no need for wealth.
(d) They see no life without wealth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What negative quality does Kate see in Alex?

2. What do the travelers eat that Alex has never seen as food?

3. What is the best moment of the river trip for Alex?

4. Why do the Mormon missionaries turn back from the river trip?

5. Who is the photographer for the expedition?

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