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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 does Nate hire?

2. What are Phelan's assets approximately worth?

3. What is difficult about navigating the secondary river?

4. What does Jevy fear?

5. What tributary do they men have to go up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nate feel about going to Brazil?

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

3. How did all the family lawyers feel about the will?

4. How did Nate end up in a farm in Brazil?

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

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

7. What kind of shape was Troy Junior, Ramble, Geena and Rex in following his death?

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

9. Who was the only person who knew where Rachel was living?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 13 marked the end of Nate's sobriety. He appears to be in a state of self-denial. He is thankful to be alive yet celebrates by drowning himself in alcohol.

1. Why do you think Nate started drinking again after surviving the plane crash?

2. Discuss what is meant by self-denial.

3. Do you think Nate would have started drinking again if the plane crash had not occurred? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Nate was running from his problems by going on the business trip. He realized very quickly that no matter how far he ran his past would always follow.

1. Running from problems by going somewhere else is called a "geographic cure." Discuss what do you think this means.

2. Do you believe taking the geographic cure is a good idea or a bad idea? Why or why not? Could it be different depending on the circumstance?

3. Discuss two situations that might respond well to a geographic cure and two that wouldn't be helped with on.

Essay Topic 3

Rachel's character is introduced in chapter twenty-six and further developed in chapter twenty-seven. She is not like any of the other characters in the book. She is entirely unmotivated by money and not interested in worldly possessions. Nate has never met anyone like her before.

1. Do you think it is realistic of the author to portray Rachel as so saintly? Why or why not?

2. Do you believe anyone would turn down billions of dollars? Why or why not?

3. Do you think that Nate will find what he is looking for by getting to know Rachel? Why or why not?

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