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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 practical joke does Alex recall Kate playing on him?

2. What is Professor Leblanc's opinion of the Amazon natives?

3. Padre Valdomero believes the Amazon natives are advanced on a _________________plane.

4. What is Kate's response to Alex's idea that the natives are primitive because they haven't invented the wheel?

5. Padre Valdomero knew his encounter with the beast was real, because ______________________ lingered.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Kate show love for Alex in spite of her apparent disregard for his well-being?

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

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

5. How did Nadia become multilingual?

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

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

8. Why is Alex's dog, Poncho, unusual?

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

10. What kind of father is John Cold?

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

Discuss the motives of the different members of the expedition as they set out. Are they at odds with one another? Would it be possible for all of them to achieve their goals?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Alex's idea of what it means to be civilized, as he explains it in Chapter Four, with the ideas of Kate or Padre Valdomero, using quotations from the text. Which point of view is closer to your own?

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