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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the greatest danger in rock climbing?
(a) Falling asleep.
(b) Clinging too tightly to the rock.
(c) Looking down.
(d) Pushing away from the rock.

2. What unusual experience does Alex have with the black jaguar?
(a) They speak to each other.
(b) They communicate telepathically.
(c) The jaguar purrs when Alex pets him.
(d) The jaguar does not harm him.

3. How are the huts in the Indian village connected with one another?
(a) By telepathic communication.
(b) By underground tunnels.
(c) By a geometric pathway.
(d) By tunnels made of branches.

4. What is Nadia's advice about mosquitoes?
(a) Let them attack.
(b) Kill them one at a time.
(c) Always wear insect repellent.
(d) Wear layers of protective clothing.

5. What attacks Joel Gonzalez?
(a) An anaconda.
(b) A school of piranhas.
(c) A fresh water shark.
(d) A caiman.

6. How does Ludovic Leblanc insult Omayra Torres?
(a) By calling her "Omayra".
(b) By calling her "Senorita".
(c) By calling her "'Chica".
(d) By calling her "Dr. Torres".

7. What does Mauro Carias offer to do for Nadia?
(a) Help her to go home.
(b) Pay for her education.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Become her godfather.

8. How many languages does Nadia speak?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

9. What kills the first soldier to die?
(a) A python.
(b) An anaconda.
(c) A spear.
(d) A poisoned dart.

10. Why were Nadia and Alex not kept under guard by the Indians?
(a) They were enchanted.
(b) They wanted them to escape.
(c) They were too weak to run away.
(d) They had to follow or be lost in the jungle.

11. What does Nadia say the jaguar is for Alex?
(a) His dark side.
(b) His look-alike.
(c) His nemesis.
(d) His totemic animal.

12. What is a nahab?
(a) A foreigner.
(b) A jaguar.
(c) A photographer.
(d) An Amazon native.

13. How did the Indians get their name?
(a) From their tears.
(b) From the morning dew.
(c) From the morning fog.
(d) From the mist on the waterfall.

14. What is the first hint that the Beast is nearby?
(a) His laugh.
(b) His odor.
(c) His cry.
(d) His footsteps.

15. What does Alex discover for the first time that he likes to eat?
(a) Fish.
(b) Armadillo.
(c) Tapir.
(d) Snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brings Nadia the respect of the People of the Mist?

2. What do Alex and Nadia do for the first time in public when they enter the Indian village?

3. Who is Matuwe?

4. What does Alex fight in his initiation to manhood?

5. How does Nadia describe the Beast?

(see the answer keys)

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