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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 Rahakanarewa predict for the expedition?
(a) Several will die.
(b) All will die.
(c) They will enjoy the trip.
(d) They will succeed.

2. What is Alex's weapon?
(a) A Swiss army knife.
(b) A machete.
(c) A pistol.
(d) An antique sword.

3. Which of Kate's habits are bad for her health?
(a) Drinking vodka and smoking a pipe.
(b) Refusing to exercise and forgetting to eat.
(c) Drinking vodka and refusing to exercise.
(d) Smoking a pipe and forgetting to eat.

4. For what is the Rio Negro named?
(a) Its sediment.
(b) Its deadly snakes.
(c) Its canopy of shade.
(d) Its obsidian.

5. What do the conspirators hope to get?
(a) Rubber and emeralds.
(b) Diamonds and wood.
(c) Emeralds and diamonds.
(d) Gold and oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kate proud that she has never done?

2. What does Kate give Alex to replace the losses from Morgana's theft?

3. What Amazon fish grows to the size of a carpet?

4. How do the Amazon natives feel about wealth?

5. What are the natives who live along the Amazon called?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Morgana take from Alex, and what does she give him?

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

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

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

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

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

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