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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. Who died?

2. What was the reason people live?

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

4. What did the fanciful shape above the altar remind Sam of?

5. What kind of plane landed in Cuzco?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Henry attempt to stop Pachacutec from killing himself?

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

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

5. Describe the bear-like creatures.

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

7. How did Ralph die?

8. How did Maggie know the story of Inkarri was true?

9. What was Norman's guilt?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the experimentation regarding the mallaqui. Is this ethically correct, to engage in this kind of study with a notably hostile subject? Should the mallaqui be given freedom to live as any other creature? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Henry gets an intuitive feeling that something isn't right at the dig site and frantically attempts to contact them, to no avail. Are there any other times that Henry has had a bad intuitive feeling and it has played out in favor of the intuition? How many other intuitive feelings does Henry have that play out in the intuitive?

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