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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 through 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mauro Carias keep a black jaguar imprisoned?
(a) For his personal zoo.
(b) To train for the circus.
(c) To show to guests.
(d) To sell to Europeans.

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

3. How many languages does Nadia speak?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. What incident causes Alex to become angry and demolish his own bedroom?
(a) His mother going to the hospital.
(b) His sister crying about his mother's illness.
(c) His mother passing out in the kitchen.
(d) His father's shaving his mother's head.

5. What are the invisible activities in Santa Maria de la Lluvia?
(a) Smuggling birds, drugs, and weapons.
(b) Waiting and smuggling exotic birds.
(c) Cooking and waiting.
(d) Diamond hunting and waiting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alex's responsibility as chief?

2. Why don't leeches cause pain?

3. What is Kate's response to Alex's idea that the natives are primitive because they haven't invented the wheel?

4. What unusual response is considered good manners after a meal in the Indian village?

5. How does gossip claim Mauro Carias gathered gold flakes?

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