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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 Norman offer Denal?

2. What had held Sam and his uncle together?

3. What did this person do?

4. What two things could Joan smell in the room she was brought to be executed in?

5. What does Maggie believe the temple is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Inkarri?

2. What opportunity did Norman offer Denal and why was Denal likely to accept?

3. Describe the bear-like creatures.

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

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

6. What had occurred in Joan's experiment?

7. What kinds of things did the group notice regarding the cave creatures?

8. Describe the temple.

9. How did Joan escape death from her captors?

10. What kinds of things did Joan learn regarding the Substance Z/Satan's Blood?

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

Maggie exploits Denal's knowledge of the silver and gold room to get across the room safely. How did Maggie know that Denal knew the secret to the room? How did she get him to reveal this secret to her? Was this fair, and understandable on her part? How or why not?

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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