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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 Alex believe are his own worst qualities?

2. What negative quality does Kate see in Alex?

3. Who is Rahakanarewa?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why are others unable to see Walimai's traveling companion?

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

7. What kind of father is John Cold?

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

9. How did Nadia become multilingual?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What does Nadia mean when she advises Alex that he must learn to "see with his heart?" Does he understand her advice? Does he accomplish it?

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