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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 women are in Mauro Carias' compound?
(a) His wife and daughters.
(b) His cooks.
(c) His female army officers.
(d) His personal servants.

2. Why does Mauro Carias keep a black jaguar imprisoned?
(a) To sell to Europeans.
(b) To show to guests.
(c) For his personal zoo.
(d) To train for the circus.

3. What do Alex and Nadia do for the first time in public when they enter the Indian village?
(a) Pray.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Take off all their clothes.

4. What skill does Nadia claim in addition to her multilingualism?
(a) She says she can climb mountains.
(b) She says she can ride a unicycle.
(c) She says she can talk with animals.
(d) She says she can play the flute.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Matuwe?

3. How does gossip claim Mauro Carias gathered gold flakes?

4. What visual illusion does Alex see that he had seen earlier in a dream?

5. What is unokaimu?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why are watches and compasses of little use in the Amazon jungle?

5. Who are the People of the Mist?

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

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

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

9. How does Omayra Torres plan to persuade the Indians to accept vaccinations?

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

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