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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. How much is Rex's lawyer getting to represent him?
(a) Thirty percent of settlement.
(b) An hourly wage plus 25 percent of settlement.
(c) Fifty percent of settlement.
(d) A hefty hourly wage.

2. What is his state after drinking?
(a) He feels great.
(b) He is naked, intoxicated and unconscious.
(c) He is feeling guilty.
(d) He doesn't drink.

3. What does Hark Getty do concerning the Phelan will?
(a) He asks to look at it.
(b) He files papers to dismiss it.
(c) He files a petition with the court compelling the Phelan will.
(d) He contests it.

4. What does Phelan wear?
(a) Expensive suits.
(b) Casual, but refined, sports wear.
(c) Long, white robes.
(d) Not much except when he has to.

5. Where does Nate think Rachel is?
(a) In Sao Paulo.
(b) At the base of a mountain range a long way from there.
(c) Back in Quinto.
(d) He has no idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Nate's problem after being released from the rehab program?

2. Why are they having trouble navigating the river?

3. What is Phelan rumored to have?

4. Why does a panel of psychiatrists examine Troy?

5. What creates a media frenzy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nate feel about going to Brazil?

2. Why was the reading of Troy Phelan's will considered to be of interest?

3. What happened that caused Nate and Jevy to get lost within the Pantanal?

4. What was the effect of Troy's death on the media?

5. How did Nate feel when he first came to Brazil and why?

6. What do Nate and Jevy discuss as they float on the river and how does Nate feel about it?

7. What is Nate's life in rehab and how does he feel about it?

8. What did Jevy do when Nate didn't show up at the boat?

9. What did Troy do after being certified sane and able and his family left?

10. What are the thoughts of Troy Phelan when the novel opens?

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