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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 is Kate paying Alex to do for her?
(a) Carry her equipment.
(b) Guide her through the forest.
(c) Fan her.
(d) Do her laundry.

2. Why does Ludovid Leblanc shave with bottled water?
(a) He is afraid of contamination from the logging.
(b) He is afraid of bacteria.
(c) He is afraid of mercury from the gold mining.
(d) He is afraid of microbes.

3. Who do the Indian villagers believe "speak lies, do not know justice, and have power to stain souls?"
(a) Old women.
(b) Beasts.
(c) Shamans.
(d) Foreigners.

4. How did the Indians get their name?
(a) From the morning dew.
(b) From the mist on the waterfall.
(c) From the morning fog.
(d) From their tears.

5. Why is a watch useless in the jungle?
(a) Time is measured by sleeping and waking.
(b) Time is measured by hunger and satiation.
(c) Time is measured by darkness and light.
(d) Time is measured by dawns, tides, seasons, and rains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the compass useless in the jungle?

2. Which two members of the expedition are unafraid when they sense they are being followed?

3. What does Mauro Carias offer to do for Nadia?

4. What object is the sign of authority in the Indian village?

5. Why were Nadia and Alex not kept under guard by the Indians?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Nadia learn when she is the first to glimpse the Beast?

3. Who are the People of the Mist?

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

5. Why would pistols be of no use in defending against an attack by the People of the Mist?

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

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

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

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

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

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