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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. How does Kate define experience?
(a) What you never learn until you need it.
(b) What you learn just after you need it.
(c) What you learn just when you need it.
(d) When you learn just before you need it.

2. Who is described as looking like a stereotypical wild game hunter?
(a) Ludovic Leblanc.
(b) Cesar Santos.
(c) Timothy Bruce.
(d) Joel Gonzalez.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is conspiring with Mauro Carias to kill the Amazon natives?

2. How does Lisa feel about Kate?

3. What practical joke does Alex recall Kate playing on him?

4. What is Professor Leblanc's opinion of the Amazon natives?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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