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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 Mauro Carias usually travel?
(a) By horseback.
(b) By mule team.
(c) By private jet or plane.
(d) By boat.

2. What does a killed person's spirit do to the killer, according to Indian legend?
(a) Attaches itself to the killer's head.
(b) Haunts the killer's footsteps.
(c) Calls to the killer in his sleep.
(d) Attaches itself to the killer's breastbone.

3. What is Nadia's advice about mosquitoes?
(a) Wear layers of protective clothing.
(b) Kill them one at a time.
(c) Let them attack.
(d) Always wear insect repellent.

4. What is Alex's responsibility as chief?
(a) Doing battle.
(b) Rescuing the tribe.
(c) Curing sickness.
(d) Communication with the foreigners.

5. How does Kate overcome Ludovic Leblanc's objection to Nadia coming on the expedition?
(a) Kate refuses to go unless Nadia comes as well.
(b) Kate stages a sit-down strike until Nadia is accepted.
(c) Kate hires Nadia as her personal assistant.
(d) Kate threatens a lawsuit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many languages does Nadia speak?

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

3. What does Alex hope to get on the trek with Walimai?

4. What does Alex say must be conquered before conquering a mountain?

5. What does Cesar Santos do to the jaguar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the People of the Mist look like?

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

3. What unexpected injury does Alex sustain while waiting to be rescued and how does it affect him?

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

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

6. What defeats most adventurers who go into the Amazon seeking riches?

7. Why are the travelers unable to move after their boat disappears?

8. Why does Alex believe that his sister Nicole would agree with Nadia's idea that the Beast should be spoken with?

9. Why do the efforts of the expedition to lure the Indians with gifts and trinkets fail?

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

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