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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 past experience caused Alex to feel similar danger?
(a) Being lost in New York.
(b) Climbing El Capitan.
(c) Kayaking the Grand Canyon gorge.
(d) Sky diving with his father.

2. Why were Nadia and Alex not kept under guard by the Indians?
(a) They had to follow or be lost in the jungle.
(b) They wanted them to escape.
(c) They were too weak to run away.
(d) They were enchanted.

3. Why do the Mormon missionaries turn back from the expedition?
(a) They have been rejected.
(b) They are tired.
(c) They are both frightened.
(d) They are both sick.

4. What brings Nadia the respect of the People of the Mist?
(a) Her cheerful disposition.
(b) Her friendliness.
(c) Her amulet given by Walimai.
(d) Her ability to play the flute.

5. What attacks Joel Gonzalez?
(a) A fresh water shark.
(b) An anaconda.
(c) A school of piranhas.
(d) A caiman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mauro Carias usually travel?

2. How are the huts in the Indian village connected with one another?

3. What injury does Alex suffer?

4. What keeps Mokarita from being killed when he falls?

5. What unusual experience does Alex have with the black jaguar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What response do Nadia and Alex get when they warn adults about the conspiracy to eradicate the Amazon Indians?

2. How do the kidnapping People of the Mist treat Alex differently than Nadia?

3. Who are the People of the Mist?

4. What worries Nadia and Alex about Karakawe's activities?

5. Why is Nadia convinced that Karakawe is Mauro Carias' co-conspirator?

6. What causes the kidnappers to become angry with Nadia and how is the problem resolved?

7. Why do the People of the Mist keep boa constrictors as pets?

8. How does Ludovic Leblanc estimate the size of the Indian villages?

9. Why are Alex and Nadia not frightened by their encounter with the People of the Mist?

10. What device do the People of the Mist use that enables them to climb trees easily?

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