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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. How does Nadia describe the Beast?
(a) Three feet tall with hair that touches the ground.
(b) Five feet tall with glowing eyes.
(c) Nine feet tall with claws like scimitars.
(d) Seven feet tall with fingernails like butcher knives.

2. How does gossip claim Mauro Carias gathered gold flakes?
(a) By a giant magnet.
(b) By consulting a native shaman.
(c) By using a divining rod.
(d) By sending chickens to eat it.

3. What is unokaimu?
(a) A dragon-like creature.
(b) A shaman.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A purification rite for those who have killed.

4. What do the Amazon natives regard as worse than death?
(a) Work.
(b) Separation from the tribe.
(c) Torture.
(d) Having one's soul stolen.

5. Who do the Indian villagers believe "speak lies, do not know justice, and have power to stain souls?"
(a) Beasts.
(b) Old women.
(c) Shamans.
(d) Foreigners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Omayra Torres represent?

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

3. What is a surucucu?

4. Why is Mauro Carias anxious to capture the beast?

5. How does Nadia summon Walimai?

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