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

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

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

4. What effect does the Amazon beast have on humans around him?
(a) They faint or are paralyzed from his odor.
(b) Their memories are wiped and they forget having seen him.
(c) They are hypnotized.
(d) They never recover from the shock.

5. Why do the Mormon missionaries turn back from the river trip?
(a) They are both frightened.
(b) They are both sick.
(c) They are both exhausted.
(d) They have been rejected by the natives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alex believe are his own worst qualities?

2. What is Professor Leblanc's opinion of the Amazon natives?

3. How does Kate teach Alex not to smoke?

4. What are the natives who live along the Amazon called?

5. Why is Omayra Torres anxious to preserve the rainforest?

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