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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kate believe is the only way to learn?
(a) Find out for yourself.
(b) Listen to your elders.
(c) Study the mistakes of others.
(d) Read about the achievements of others.

2. What does Alex believe are his own best qualities?
(a) Wisdom and logical thinking.
(b) Patience and humility.
(c) Courage and clear thinking.
(d) Kindness and generosity.

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

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

5. What bothers the travelers most while in the boat?
(a) Fog and mist.
(b) Lack of clean water.
(c) Heat and humidity.
(d) Rain and mosquitoes.

6. What is Alex's weapon?
(a) A pistol.
(b) An antique sword.
(c) A Swiss army knife.
(d) A machete.

7. 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.

8. Why does Kate believe the Amazon is dangerous to anthropologists?
(a) They lose their grants.
(b) They lose their composure.
(c) They lose their way.
(d) They lose their reason.

9. For what is the Rio Negro named?
(a) Its deadly snakes.
(b) Its obsidian.
(c) Its sediment.
(d) Its canopy of shade.

10. What do the conspirators hope to get?
(a) Rubber and emeralds.
(b) Diamonds and wood.
(c) Emeralds and diamonds.
(d) Gold and oil.

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

12. What effect does the Amazon beast have on humans around him?
(a) They are hypnotized.
(b) Their memories are wiped and they forget having seen him.
(c) They never recover from the shock.
(d) They faint or are paralyzed from his odor.

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

14. Why do the Mormon missionaries turn back from the river trip?
(a) They are both frightened.
(b) They are both sick.
(c) They have been rejected by the natives.
(d) They are both exhausted.

15. Who does Walimai travel with?
(a) His macaw which talks.
(b) His jaguar which guards him.
(c) His spirit guide.
(d) His wife who is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practical joke does Alex recall Kate playing on him?

2. Who does Mauro Carias refuse to identify?

3. Why are piranhas useful?

4. What has made Alex brave enough to swim in the Amazon without fear?

5. What does Kate give Alex to replace the losses from Morgana's theft?

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