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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 resource do the Indians believe will contaminate their societies?
(a) Quartz.
(b) Metal.
(c) Gemstones.
(d) Oil.

2. What women are in Mauro Carias' compound?
(a) His wife and daughters.
(b) His female army officers.
(c) His personal servants.
(d) His cooks.

3. How do the People of the Mist react to Alex's Tarzan yell?
(a) They gag him.
(b) They run away.
(c) They get angry.
(d) They laugh.

4. What is unokaimu?
(a) A shaman.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A dragon-like creature.
(d) A purification rite for those who have killed.

5. 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) Puts them on.
(d) Gives them to Nadia to hold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What past experience caused Alex to feel similar danger?

2. What does Cesar Santos do to the jaguar?

3. Who is Matuwe?

4. What is the first hint that the Beast is nearby?

5. What killed the men who worked for Mauro Carias?

Short Essay Questions

1. What defeats most adventurers who go into the Amazon seeking riches?

2. Why do the People of the Mist keep boa constrictors as pets?

3. Why are Alex and Nadia not frightened by their encounter with the People of the Mist?

4. What device do the People of the Mist use that enables them to climb trees easily?

5. How do the kidnapping People of the Mist treat Alex differently than Nadia?

6. Why are the travelers unable to move after their boat disappears?

7. What does Alex do to demonstrate his courage to the kidnappers, and what is the effect of his demonstration?

8. Who are the People of the Mist?

9. Why do the efforts of the expedition to lure the Indians with gifts and trinkets fail?

10. What worries Nadia and Alex about Karakawe's activities?

(see the answer keys)

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