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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alex enjoy mountain climbing?
(a) He likes to feel that he can control his body and his mind.
(b) He likes to spend time by himself.
(c) He likes to breathe the clean air at high altitudes.
(d) He likes to be away from the city.

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

3. What is Kate proud that she has never done?
(a) Broken a bone.
(b) Worn a dress.
(c) Told a lie.
(d) Backed down from a dare.

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

5. What did a python do to end up as a trophy on Kate's wall?
(a) It frightened her.
(b) It ate her Pekinese.
(c) It scared away her guide.
(d) It ate her camera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Alex still have after Morgana's theft?

2. How does Kate define experience?

3. What is the best moment of the river trip for Alex?

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

5. What are the visible activities in Santa Maria de la Lluvia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the book Alex reads convince him that the Amazon Indians are not civilized?

2. What do the different members of the expedition regard as the most important resources in the Amazon basin?

3. Why are others unable to see Walimai's traveling companion?

4. What kinds of problems does Kate believe there are?

5. Why is Cecilia Burns an important character although we never see her?

6. How do the different members of the expedition believe the Beast should be dealt with?

7. Why does Ludovic Leblanc's attitude toward women offend Kate and Omayra Torres?

8. How have the Amazon Indians escaped enslavement and destruction?

9. How did Nadia become multilingual?

10. Why does Kate believe that the Indians of the Amazon are indeed civilized?

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