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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. Who does Omayra Torres represent?
(a) International Geographic.
(b) The Venezuelan Secret Service.
(c) The National Health Service.
(d) A cabal of diamond dealers.

2. Why does Cesar Santos say the Amazon natives rejected Christianity?
(a) It is too mystical.
(b) It is too simple.
(c) It is too demanding.
(d) It is too complicated.

3. What is Professor Leblanc's opinion of the Amazon natives?
(a) They are the most intelligent on the planet.
(b) They are the most savage on the planet.
(c) They are the most peaceful on the planet.
(d) They are the best educated on the planet.

4. What Amazon fish grows to the size of a carpet?
(a) The piranha.
(b) The river dolphin.
(c) The manta ray.
(d) The flounder.

5. What opportunity does Kate advise Alex to never miss?
(a) An opportunity to express himself.
(b) An opportunity to learn.
(c) An opportunity to offer his opinion.
(d) An opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Mauro Carias anxious to capture the beast?

3. What does the book Kate gives Alex contain?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How have those who have seen the Beast been traumatized by the experience?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Kate trying to teach Alex by leaving him to make his way from the airport to her apartment?

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

9. How did Nadia become multilingual?

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

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