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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, He Who Walks On All Fours: Chapters 42-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the red-haired kid follow his brother, Billy, into a dark, cavernous room?
(a) His mother told him to stay with Billy no matter what.
(b) To see the lions.
(c) He is afraid of being lost and alone.
(d) To find his parents.

2. What does Kothoga mean?
(a) Shadow people.
(b) Death men.
(c) Devil's children.
(d) Animal people.

3. Where did the Whittlesey expedition take place?
(a) Caqueta region.
(b) Guaviare plain.
(c) Kalahari Desert.
(d) Upper Xingu River System.

4. What is a stevedore?
(a) Someone who loads ships.
(b) Someone who navigates on a cruise ship.
(c) Someone who takes luggage into guest cabins on a ship.
(d) Someone who serves food on a ship.

5. According to Whittlesey's journal, why did Maxwell and the others decide to return to New York?
(a) They do not think there is anything else to find.
(b) They are sick and frightened.
(c) They want to take their finds home to study them.
(d) They miss their families.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dr. Frock turn to to ask for help in clearing out the party in Chapter 43?

2. Where did Whittlesey find the Mbwun figure?

3. How did the Whittlesey Expedition get to the upper reaches of the Xingu as described in Whittlesey's journal?

4. Where were the red-haired child and his older brother, Billy, supposed to meet their parents after visiting the Museum of Natural History?

5. What happens to D'Agosta at the crime scene in Chapter 14 that has not happened to him in more than twenty years of police work?

(see the answer key)

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