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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. Why do the Mormon missionaries turn back from the river trip?

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

3. What does Captain Ariosto think of Father Valdomero?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How have those who have seen the Beast been traumatized by the experience?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare two of the girls who are important to Alex in this story. Consider Cecilia Burns, Morgana, his sisters Andrea and Nicole, and Nadia. In what was are the two you selected similar? How are they different? What does he learn from each?

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

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?

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