City of the Beasts Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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City of the Beasts Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kate give Alex to replace the losses from Morgana's theft?
(a) Sincere sympathy.
(b) His grandfather's flute.
(c) Her old camera.
(d) Money for the trip.

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

4. What is a surucucu?
(a) A poisonous snake.
(b) A poisonous frog.
(c) A poisonous lizard.
(d) A poisonous spider.

5. What was Karakawe hired to do for Ludovic Leblanc?
(a) Fan him.
(b) Lead him.
(c) Guide him.
(d) Cook for him.

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

7. What practical joke does Alex recall Kate playing on him?
(a) She gave him chocolates filled with hot sauce.
(b) She gave him a leaky glass.
(c) She gave him an exploding candy bar.
(d) She gave him a collapsing chair.

8. How does Lisa feel about Kate?
(a) She's afraid of her.
(b) She stays away from her.
(c) She worships her.
(d) She is bored by her.

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

10. Why does Alex enjoy mountain climbing?
(a) He likes to spend time by himself.
(b) He likes to feel that he can control his body and his mind.
(c) He likes to breathe the clean air at high altitudes.
(d) He likes to be away from the city.

11. What negative quality does Kate see in Alex?
(a) Fear.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Dishonesty.

12. What does the Amazon beast do when it encounters people?
(a) It kidnaps them.
(b) It kills them.
(c) It teaches them a new language.
(d) It destroys their homes and property.

13. Why are piranhas useful?
(a) They eat algae.
(b) They keep tourists out of the water.
(c) They frighten larger predators away.
(d) They keep the Amazon free of garbage.

14. What kind of problems does Kate believe there are?
(a) Those that are important and those that aren't.
(b) Those that have no solution and those that solve themselves.
(c) Those that you should ignore and those that require attention.
(d) Those that you can solve and those you can't.

15. Why was Alex told not to say "Walimai"?
(a) Alex misunderstood the name.
(b) Alex mispronounced the name.
(c) It is taboo to speak another's true name.
(d) It is rude to speak another's true name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the invisible activities in Santa Maria de la Lluvia?

2. Why does Kate believe the Amazon is dangerous to anthropologists?

3. What bothers the travelers most while in the boat?

4. For what is the Rio Negro named?

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

(see the answer keys)

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