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

2. What does the book Kate gives Alex contain?
(a) Health tips for adventurous travelers.
(b) Pictures of Amazon flora and fauna.
(c) Information about native peoples.
(d) Topographical maps of the Amazon basin.

3. Why does Alex refuse to eat tapir?
(a) He believes they are disgusting.
(b) He believes they are holy.
(c) They remind him of his dog.
(d) He believes they are like rats.

4. What incident causes Alex to become angry and demolish his own bedroom?
(a) His mother going to the hospital.
(b) His father's shaving his mother's head.
(c) His sister crying about his mother's illness.
(d) His mother passing out in the kitchen.

5. Who does Alex envision as his future wife?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Nadia.
(c) Cecelia.
(d) Nicole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Ariosto think of Father Valdomero?

2. What does Morgana teach Alex by stealing his possessions?

3. Who is the photographer for the expedition?

4. What does Alex believe are his own best qualities?

5. How does Lisa feel about Kate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cesar Santos say that the Amazon Indians rejected Christianity?

2. Why is Alex's dog, Poncho, unusual?

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

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

5. Why is Mauro Carias anxious to capture the Beast?

6. Why was Padre Valdomero's village burned to the ground?

7. How did Nadia become multilingual?

8. What does Padre Valdomero's experience with the Beast reveal about the creature?

9. How does Alex's experience in New York prepare him for his trip to the Amazon?

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

(see the answer keys)

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