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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 through 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What past experience caused Alex to feel similar danger?
(a) Climbing El Capitan.
(b) Sky diving with his father.
(c) Kayaking the Grand Canyon gorge.
(d) Being lost in New York.

2. Why don't leeches cause pain?
(a) They such blood gently.
(b) They inject an anesthetic when they bite.
(c) Their teeth are very thin.
(d) They are soft.

3. What has Professor LeBlanc spent the last several years pursuing?
(a) Yeti.
(b) The Chupacabras.
(c) The Lock Ness monster.
(d) Sasquatch.

4. Who is the photographer for the expedition?
(a) Cesar Santos.
(b) Joel Gonzalez.
(c) Ludovic Leblanc.
(d) Timothy Bruce.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a nahab?

2. What Amazon fish grows to the size of a carpet?

3. Why can't the expedition hope for rescue if they start back on foot?

4. What does the Amazon beast do when it encounters people?

5. Arriving at the home of the gods, what mythic character does Alex compare himself to?

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