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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 does Walimai travel with?

2. What is a surucucu?

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

4. What most surprises Alex that people can do without?

5. What does Rahakanarewa predict for the expedition?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ludovic Leblanc's attitude toward women offend Kate and Omayra Torres?

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

3. What does Morgana take from Alex, and what does she give him?

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

5. Why does Cesar Santos say that the Amazon Indians rejected Christianity?

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

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

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

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

10. How did Nadia become multilingual?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the People of the Mist dealt with the death of a loved one, and the ways in which these rituals differ from those of Western civilization.

Essay Topic 2

Select two of the following characters to describe the difference between what they seemed to be and what they actually were: Omayra Torres, Karakawe, the Beast, or the Rahakanariwa. Use examples from the text to show what gives the initial impression, and how that impression is changed as the story progresses.

Essay Topic 3

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

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