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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. What does Kate believe is the only way to learn?

2. What practical joke does Alex recall Kate playing on him?

3. Why does Alex refuse to eat tapir?

4. Which of Kate's habits are bad for her health?

5. What does Captain Ariosto think of Father Valdomero?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What theory does Kate accept about the origin of the Amazon Indians?

3. Why does the book Alex reads convince him that the Amazon Indians are not civilized?

4. How have the Amazon Indians escaped enslavement and destruction?

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

6. Why is Mauro Carias anxious to capture the Beast?

7. Why does Kate believe that the Indians of the Amazon are indeed civilized?

8. How did Nadia become multilingual?

9. Why does Kate employ harsh teaching methods with Alex?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways was the opinion of the expedition members about the nature of the Beast inaccurate? How did they develop inaccurate opinions? In what ways were they correct?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Alex gains power during his initiation ceremony. What does he take from his father, his mother, and the jaguar? How is he different when the ceremony is concluded?

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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