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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the invisible activities in Santa Maria de la Lluvia?
(a) Cooking and waiting.
(b) Diamond hunting and waiting.
(c) Waiting and smuggling exotic birds.
(d) Smuggling birds, drugs, and weapons.

2. How does Kate help Alex prepare for their expedition to the Amazon?
(a) She prepares him exotic dishes.
(b) She takes away his cell phone and music player.
(c) She doesn't pick him up at the airport.
(d) She makes him do calesthenics.

3. What does Morgana teach Alex by stealing his possessions?
(a) She teaches him to use drugs and relax.
(b) She teaches him to be wary and less trusting.
(c) She teaches him to be generous and unafraid.
(d) She teaches him to hate everyone.

4. Why do the Mormon missionaries turn back from the river trip?
(a) They have been rejected by the natives.
(b) They are both exhausted.
(c) They are both frightened.
(d) They are both sick.

5. Who does Alex envision as his future wife?
(a) Cecelia.
(b) Nadia.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Nicole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cesar Santos say the Amazon natives rejected Christianity?

2. What is Professor LeBlanc's opinion about humanoid beasts?

3. What resource do the Indians believe will contaminate their societies?

4. Which of Kate's habits are bad for her health?

5. Why do the Mormon missionaries turn back from the expedition?

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