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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alex believe are his own worst qualities?
(a) Skepticism and a bad temper.
(b) Selfishness and arrogance.
(c) Short attention span and unkindness.
(d) Impatience and dependence.

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

3. 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.

4. Who is described as looking like a stereotypical wild game hunter?
(a) Timothy Bruce.
(b) Ludovic Leblanc.
(c) Joel Gonzalez.
(d) Cesar Santos.

5. What does Rahakanarewa predict for the expedition?
(a) They will succeed.
(b) All will die.
(c) They will enjoy the trip.
(d) Several will die.

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

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

8. What opportunity does Kate advise Alex to never miss?
(a) An opportunity to offer his opinion.
(b) An opportunity to express himself.
(c) An opportunity to learn.
(d) An opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

9. What is Ludovic Leblanc's profession?
(a) Writer.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Anthropologist.
(d) Entrepreneur.

10. Padre Valdomero knew his encounter with the beast was real, because ______________________ lingered.
(a) The sound.
(b) The terror.
(c) The odor.
(d) The memory.

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

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

13. What is Professor LeBlanc's opinion about humanoid beasts?
(a) They are nothing to fear.
(b) They are smarter than humans.
(c) They are terrifying.
(d) They do not exist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What are the natives who live along the Amazon called?

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

5. What do the conspirators hope to get?

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