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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 opportunity does Kate advise Alex to never miss?
(a) An opportunity to express himself.
(b) An opportunity to offer his opinion.
(c) An opportunity to learn.
(d) An opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

2. What most surprises Alex that people can do without?
(a) Telephones.
(b) Music players.
(c) Malls.
(d) Televisions.

3. How does one judge the size of a reptile?
(a) By the number of scales.
(b) By the size of its fangs.
(c) By the number of coils.
(d) By the distance between the eyes.

4. What do the Amazon natives regard as worse than death?
(a) Separation from the tribe.
(b) Having one's soul stolen.
(c) Torture.
(d) Work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alex believe are his own worst qualities?

2. For what is the Rio Negro named?

3. What is Professor Leblanc's opinion of the Amazon natives?

4. How do the Amazon natives feel about wealth?

5. How does Lisa feel about Kate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kate show love for Alex in spite of her apparent disregard for his well-being?

2. Why is Alex's dog, Poncho, unusual?

3. Why does Ludovic Leblanc's attitude toward women offend Kate and Omayra Torres?

4. What kinds of problems does Kate believe there are?

5. Why was Padre Valdomero's village burned to the ground?

6. What does Morgana take from Alex, and what does she give him?

7. How does Alex's experience in New York prepare him for his trip to the Amazon?

8. What is Kate trying to teach Alex by leaving him to make his way from the airport to her apartment?

9. Why does Cesar Santos say that the Amazon Indians rejected Christianity?

10. What does Padre Valdomero's experience with the Beast reveal about the creature?

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