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

2. Why was Alex told not to say "Walimai"?
(a) Alex mispronounced the name.
(b) It is rude to speak another's true name.
(c) Alex misunderstood the name.
(d) It is taboo to speak another's true name.

3. Who does Omayra Torres represent?
(a) International Geographic.
(b) The National Health Service.
(c) A cabal of diamond dealers.
(d) The Venezuelan Secret Service.

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

5. What is Professor LeBlanc's opinion about humanoid beasts?
(a) They are terrifying.
(b) They are smarter than humans.
(c) They are nothing to fear.
(d) They do not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kate believe is the only way to learn?

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

3. What do the conspirators hope to get?

4. What is the expedition searching for?

5. What quality does Alex believe Kate has too much of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Nadia become multilingual?

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

4. How have the Amazon Indians escaped enslavement and destruction?

5. Why does the book Alex reads convince him that the Amazon Indians are not civilized?

6. Why does Kate believe that the Indians of the Amazon are indeed civilized?

7. How have those who have seen the Beast been traumatized by the experience?

8. What theory does Kate accept about the origin of the Amazon Indians?

9. Why is Mauro Carias anxious to capture the Beast?

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

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