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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 are the invisible activities in Santa Maria de la Lluvia?
(a) Smuggling birds, drugs, and weapons.
(b) Waiting and smuggling exotic birds.
(c) Cooking and waiting.
(d) Diamond hunting and waiting.

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

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

4. What does Morgana teach Alex by stealing his possessions?
(a) She teaches him to use drugs and relax.
(b) She teaches him to be generous and unafraid.
(c) She teaches him to be wary and less trusting.
(d) She teaches him to hate everyone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Alex told not to say "Walimai"?

2. How does one judge the size of a reptile?

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

4. What did the Amazon natives do with their captives in the past, according to Professor Leblanc?

5. Why does Alex enjoy mountain climbing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Kate employ harsh teaching methods with Alex?

3. How does Kate show love for Alex in spite of her apparent disregard for his well-being?

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

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

6. Why is Alex upset by seeing his father shave his mother, Lisa's, head?

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

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

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

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

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