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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. Which Greek legend does Francisco de Almagro allude to?

2. How old is everyone in the valley?

3. Which Incan god has blessed the people?

4. What happened to the missing children from the village?

5. What did Norman do with the flashlight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had brought up the feelings of loss in Henry?

2. What is the "place of the pit"?

3. Why was everyone instructed not to comment to the press?

4. About what was Pachacutec speaking when he asked if it was "not the wish of Inti"?

5. What had occurred in Joan's experiment?

6. For what reasons did the group realize that the sacrifice of the children had become necessary?

7. What brought up the feelings of loss in Sam?

8. Why was Sam careful not to move too much on the plane?

9. Describe the bear-like creatures.

10. What was Norman's guilt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the fact that Sam cannot remember anything following his death. Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Why is that? Is his desire to know what happened understandable? How or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Mallaqui, and later the Incan revered 'gods' of Janan Pacha. What characteristics allowed the Inca's to identify them as their gods? What physiological differences set aside these alien forms from the human race? What social characteristics?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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