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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mauro Carias anxious to capture the beast?
(a) He believes the beast will be an interesting specimen to display.
(b) He believes the beast will attract tourism.
(c) He believes the beast interferes with business in the Amazon basin.
(d) He believes the beast will be scientifically interesting.

2. Padre Valdomero believes the Amazon natives are advanced on a _________________plane.
(a) Emotional.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Physical.

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

4. How does Kate teach Alex not to smoke?
(a) By making him smoke cigars.
(b) By promising him a reward if he never smoked.
(c) By showing him medical records.
(d) By introducing him to a cigarette addict.

5. Who does Omayra Torres represent?
(a) International Geographic.
(b) A cabal of diamond dealers.
(c) The National Health Service.
(d) The Venezuelan Secret Service.

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

7. What Amazon fish grows to the size of a carpet?
(a) The river dolphin.
(b) The flounder.
(c) The manta ray.
(d) The piranha.

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

9. Who does Alex envision as his future wife?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Nicole.
(c) Cecelia.
(d) Nadia.

10. What are the visible activities in Santa Maria de la Lluvia?
(a) Smuggling exotic birds and diamond hunting.
(b) Cooking and waiting.
(c) Waiting and smuggling exotic birds.
(d) Diamond hunting and waiting.

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

12. Who is conspiring with Mauro Carias to kill the Amazon natives?
(a) Joel Gonzalez.
(b) Cesar Santos.
(c) Captain Ariosto.
(d) Ludovic Leblanc.

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

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

15. Which of Kate's habits are bad for her health?
(a) Drinking vodka and refusing to exercise.
(b) Refusing to exercise and forgetting to eat.
(c) Smoking a pipe and forgetting to eat.
(d) Drinking vodka and smoking a pipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality does Alex believe Kate has too much of?

2. Why does Cesar Santos say the Amazon natives rejected Christianity?

3. What incident causes Alex to become angry and demolish his own bedroom?

4. What does Kate believe is the only way to learn?

5. Who is described as looking like a stereotypical wild game hunter?

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