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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Alex disappointed after his rescue of Mokarita?
(a) He failed at the task.
(b) No one thanked him.
(c) Nadia was not impressed.
(d) Mokarita was badly injured.

2. Who does Alex see in vision?
(a) Cecilia Burns.
(b) His mother.
(c) Nadia.
(d) His father.

3. Why does Ludovid Leblanc shave with bottled water?
(a) He is afraid of mercury from the gold mining.
(b) He is afraid of contamination from the logging.
(c) He is afraid of bacteria.
(d) He is afraid of microbes.

4. What killed the men who worked for Mauro Carias?
(a) Malaria and yellow fever.
(b) Yellow fever and snakebites.
(c) Gunshot wounds and malaria.
(d) Snakebites and malaria.

5. What past experience caused Alex to feel similar danger?
(a) Kayaking the Grand Canyon gorge.
(b) Sky diving with his father.
(c) Climbing El Capitan.
(d) Being lost in New York.

6. How does Kate overcome Ludovic Leblanc's objection to Nadia coming on the expedition?
(a) Kate threatens a lawsuit.
(b) Kate refuses to go unless Nadia comes as well.
(c) Kate hires Nadia as her personal assistant.
(d) Kate stages a sit-down strike until Nadia is accepted.

7. What does Alex hope to get on the trek with Walimai?
(a) New friends.
(b) Medicine for his mother.
(c) A map back to camp.
(d) Three crystal eggs.

8. What visual illusion does Alex see that he had seen earlier in a dream?
(a) A city of gold.
(b) A sky with six moons.
(c) A baby dragon.
(d) A sky with two suns.

9. What is a papagayo?
(a) A turtle.
(b) An exotic bird.
(c) A snake.
(d) A fish.

10. Arriving at the home of the gods, what mythic character does Alex compare himself to?
(a) Prometheus.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Atlas.

11. What does an Indian hunter never eat?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Food cooked by enemies.
(c) The flesh of an animal killed by another.
(d) The flesh of his own victim.

12. What injury does Alex suffer?
(a) A blow to the head from a monkey.
(b) A fall from a cliff.
(c) A bite from a fire ant.
(d) A twisted ankle.

13. Why do the Mormon missionaries turn back from the expedition?
(a) They have been rejected.
(b) They are both sick.
(c) They are both frightened.
(d) They are tired.

14. How are the People of the Mist described?
(a) Tall and graceful.
(b) Small and sweet-smelling.
(c) Thin and foul-smelling.
(d) Dark and menacing.

15. What does Alex do with his glasses when he confronts the jaguar?
(a) Cleans them to see better.
(b) Takes them off, then breaks them.
(c) Gives them to Nadia to hold.
(d) Puts them on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Alex and Nadia do for the first time in public when they enter the Indian village?

2. What is the jaguar fed?

3. What does Alex discover for the first time that he likes to eat?

4. What do the Indians call their village?

5. What is masato made from?

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