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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What killed the men who worked for Mauro Carias?
(a) Snakebites and malaria.
(b) Malaria and yellow fever.
(c) Yellow fever and snakebites.
(d) Gunshot wounds and malaria.

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

3. Why does Alex say that fear is good?
(a) It helps us build strength.
(b) It warns us of danger.
(c) It unites us in common humanity.
(d) It keeps us alert.

4. Why does Nadia refuse to stay behind when the expedition departs?
(a) She is afraid of Mauro Carias.
(b) She wants to have an adventure.
(c) She wants to be near her father.
(d) She wants to stay with Alex.

5. What do the Indians believe is the cause of individualism?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) An independent spirit.
(c) Madness.
(d) Education.

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

7. What do the Indians believe started life on earth?
(a) A tear falling from a dragon's eye.
(b) A drop of blood falling from the moon.
(c) A turtle carrying the elixir of life from heaven.
(d) A fountain of living water from a volcano.

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

9. What keeps Mokarita from being killed when he falls?
(a) Quick thinking.
(b) A ledge.
(c) A braided liana vine.
(d) A root.

10. Why does Mauro Carias keep a black jaguar imprisoned?
(a) To train for the circus.
(b) To show to guests.
(c) To sell to Europeans.
(d) For his personal zoo.

11. What is Kate paying Alex to do for her?
(a) Do her laundry.
(b) Carry her equipment.
(c) Fan her.
(d) Guide her through the forest.

12. What resource do the Indians believe will contaminate their societies?
(a) Oil.
(b) Metal.
(c) Gemstones.
(d) Quartz.

13. What do Alex and Nadia do for the first time in public when they enter the Indian village?
(a) Pray.
(b) Sing.
(c) Take off all their clothes.
(d) Dance.

14. What do the Indians call their village?
(a) The Hearth of Time.
(b) The Center of the Universe.
(c) Our Home.
(d) The Eye of the World.

15. What does Cesar Santos do to the jaguar?
(a) Heals him.
(b) Tames him.
(c) Shoots him.
(d) Sets him free.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attacks Joel Gonzalez?

2. What is a papagayo?

3. What is the jaguar fed?

4. Which two members of the expedition are unafraid when they sense they are being followed?

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

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