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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 triggered the change in shape of the substance?

2. What were caverns considered to be?

3. What is a great marker(s) for ancestry and race?

4. Who did Aiapaec become to the Incas?

5. Who does Norman compare Sam to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might the Incas have put the substance in the head of the corpse?

2. What might the group have stopped and appreciated if they weren't hungry and exhausted, fleeing the predatory arachnids?

3. What did the Monk thank God for?

4. What does the symbol of the two swords and the crucifix mean and how does that information affect Henry?

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

6. Why hadn't the Inca captors stripped the man of his cross and robe?

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

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

9. Why did Gil put his pickax through the central computer?

10. Why didn't the Monk want to throw down his robes, despite the fact that they hindered his progress through the jungle?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Sam's last few moments alive before he dies, and the events that occur post mortem. What is his last thought? What events occurred after his death, and who was the strongest advocate for his resurrection? Suggest a reason for this advocacy.

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