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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 did it turn out, the friar was a part of?

2. Who opened the door?

3. Why was Philip hoarse?

4. Who is the metallurgy specialist?

5. What did the predator wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why had the Spaniards come to the jungle?

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

3. Why did Otera think he would like to hear the American kid beg for his life?

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

5. What was the Monk's final act, and why did he do it?

6. What was so intriguing about the Friar's mummified remains?

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

8. What similarity did all the different tribes share?

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

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 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 2

Discuss the Incan sacrifice of children. Is this practice understandable when immortality is taken into consideration? How or why not? Why is it hard to admit that it could be acceptable?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Joan and Henry as characters. What are their strengths and weaknesses? Who is the stronger character overall and why? Does this become debatable as the novel progresses? How or why not?

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