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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pablo warn the narrator about?
(a) not to talk to the priests
(b) not to become too addicted to another person
(c) not to mention the Manuscript in the prison
(d) not to give his real name to anyone

2. Who does the narrator meet in a restaurant?
(a) a man looking for Dobson
(b) a man looking for a ride to Iquitos
(c) a man who works for the Cardinal
(d) a man looking for viciente Lodge

3. What does Father Sanchez do when the narrator says he did not really speak to Rolando?
(a) explains that Rolando does not know English
(b) asks him how he knew Rolando was untrustworthy
(c) chastises him for a missed opportunity
(d) parises him for his discretion

4. What does Karla tell Marjorie not to do?
(a) put her hands on her child
(b) say anything that would frighten the child
(c) speak about a child as though the child were not there
(d) ask about the child's father

5. Why does a person become aloof?
(a) so as not to reveal anything someone can criticize
(b) so that they will feel superior
(c) because they lack conversational ability
(d) because they are basically loners

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the dining room to warn them of troops coming that way?

2. What place do the narrator and Father Sanchez head for when they learn that soldiers are in the village?

3. What is characteristic of an aloof drama person?

4. What does Father Carl say led the narrator to his present location looking for the Manuscript?

5. What happens when a soldier gets near the narrator on the mountain ridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Relate what happens when gunfire erupts in the village of Cula.

2. Describe the priest's instruction to experience the Fifth Insight.

3. What is the narrator's behavior that Father Sanchez points out is a control drama?

4. What are the rapidly developing situations after the narrator makes eye contact with a man in the restaurant?

5. How does Father Sanchez begin explaining the Seventh Insight to the narrator?

6. Tell a little about the exchange between the narrator and Father Sanchez the morning after the narrator is rescued.

7. Mention something about the warning Pablo gives the narrator before he is taken to see Cardinal Sebastian.

8. Asking about his dream, how does the narrator get information about the Seventh Insight?

9. What takes place after spending the night at Juan Hinton's house?

10. Why does Julia advise against Marjorie's going on to Iquitos?

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