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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 did the Amazon natives do with their captives in the past, according to Professor Leblanc?
(a) They kept them as slaves.
(b) They made them rulers.
(c) They ate them.
(d) They killed them.

2. What does Mauro Carias offer to do for Nadia?
(a) Become her godfather.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Pay for her education.
(d) Help her to go home.

3. What bothers the travelers most while in the boat?
(a) Heat and humidity.
(b) Lack of clean water.
(c) Rain and mosquitoes.
(d) Fog and mist.

4. What is Kate proud that she has never done?
(a) Worn a dress.
(b) Broken a bone.
(c) Told a lie.
(d) Backed down from a dare.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kate overcome Ludovic Leblanc's objection to Nadia coming on the expedition?

2. According to Padre Valdomero, a captured Indian is a _____________Indian.

3. Who does Walimai travel with?

4. How does one judge the size of a reptile?

5. How does gossip claim Mauro Carias gathered gold flakes?

(see the answer key)

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