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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. At what temperature does the amalgam melt?

2. What substance appeared to have caused the mummy's head to explode?

3. What did the man look at?

4. What were caverns considered to be?

5. What must the Incas never take from the monk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Denal save Maggie? How did she respond to this?

2. What similarities were between the hotel robbery and the one at the lab?

3. What characteristics made the substance found in Francisco's skull unique?

4. What situations led Maggie to be cautious and trust her instinct?

5. What strange behavior had the tarantulas adopted?

6. What kind of equipment was in Joan's lab?

7. What idea led Sam to consider the journey across the booby trapped room?

8. Why was the dig team burdened with Philip?

9. Why had the Spaniards come to the jungle?

10. What was so special about caverns to the Incas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the evolution of the relationship between Ralph and Norman. How did Ralph originally feel about Norman, and why? How did Norman take the prejudice against him? At what point did the relationship turn into a solid friendship?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the usage of pictographs and ideograms. What are they used for? What do they represent? Who used them and why go to all that trouble instead of creating a language and developing it over time, as many other native people did?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the characters of Friar Otera and Abbot Ruiz. What are their motivations? Are they similar? In what ways are they different? Are either of them men of principle? How or why not?

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