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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as looking like a stereotypical wild game hunter?

2. What is Ludovic Leblanc's profession?

3. What has made Alex brave enough to swim in the Amazon without fear?

4. What is Professor LeBlanc's opinion about humanoid beasts?

5. Who does Alex envision as his future wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Padre Valdomero's village burned to the ground?

3. Why is Alex upset by seeing his father shave his mother, Lisa's, head?

4. How do the different members of the expedition believe the Beast should be dealt with?

5. How did Nadia become multilingual?

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

7. Why is Cecilia Burns an important character although we never see her?

8. How does Alex's experience in New York prepare him for his trip to the Amazon?

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

10. What do the different members of the expedition regard as the most important resources in the Amazon basin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do Father Valdomero and Cesar Santos believe about the conversion of the Amazon Indians to Christianity? What brought them to these opinions?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Alex's discovery of the legendary city of gold, El Dorado. How did it turn out to be as expected? How different?

Essay Topic 3

What does Alex learn from his experience eating fish with the Beasts? What does this experience teach him about himself?

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