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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 Josh provide Nate?
(a) Money and clothing.
(b) Nate's transportation and trip itinerary.
(c) An alias and a passport.
(d) Fifty-thousand dollars retainer fee.

2. How does Nate feel in South America?
(a) Happy.
(b) Awed at the scenery.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Angry.

3. Who is Valdir Ruiz?
(a) An old friend of Josh's.
(b) An old friend of Nate's.
(c) Rachel's fiance.
(d) A lawyer Josh hires in Corumba.

4. Of what is the firm leery when Nate is off the wagon?
(a) Nate's tirades.
(b) Embezzlement.
(c) Bad publicity.
(d) Nate's maudlin attitude at work.

5. What is the surprising clause in Troy's final will?
(a) He leaves his entire estate to his illegitimate daughter, Rachel Lane.
(b) That it all goes to an organization to free Tibet from Chinese rule.
(c) Each child only gets their age in dollars.
(d) Each child only gets 10 million dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Troy has finished all the business he wants to do, what does he do?

2. Why does a panel of psychiatrists examine Troy?

3. Where do Nate and Jevy stop?

4. What are Troy's other relatives doing?

5. In accordance with Troy's wishes, what does Josh do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Nate and his guides on the river while exploring Pantanal?

4. Why would Josh consider sending Nate to Brazil to find the Phelan heir?

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

6. How did Josh try to assure that Nate would do as he was told?

7. What did Hark Getty see as a benefit to being Rex's lawyer? Why did he have a strong motivation to do his best?

8. Basically, what did Troy's will say?

9. How did Rachel come about and how did she end up adopted?

10. Explain what happened when Nate found out the trading post where they stopped sold beer.

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