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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 was Alex told not to say "Walimai"?
(a) It is rude to speak another's true name.
(b) Alex mispronounced the name.
(c) Alex misunderstood the name.
(d) It is taboo to speak another's true name.

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

3. Why is Mauro Carias anxious to capture the beast?
(a) He believes the beast will attract tourism.
(b) He believes the beast interferes with business in the Amazon basin.
(c) He believes the beast will be an interesting specimen to display.
(d) He believes the beast will be scientifically interesting.

4. What kind of problems does Kate believe there are?
(a) Those that you can solve and those you can't.
(b) Those that are important and those that aren't.
(c) Those that have no solution and those that solve themselves.
(d) Those that you should ignore and those that require attention.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Amazon beast do when it encounters people?

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

3. What is the expedition searching for?

4. What effect does the Amazon beast have on humans around him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of father is John Cold?

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

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

4. What theory does Kate accept about the origin of the Amazon Indians?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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