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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 Alex envision as his future wife?

2. What Amazon fish grows to the size of a carpet?

3. What did the Amazon natives do with their captives in the past, according to Professor Leblanc?

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

5. How does Kate teach Alex not to smoke?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What kind of father is John Cold?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How has Alex changed by the end of the story? What brought about the changes?

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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