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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Amazon natives do with their captives in the past, according to Professor Leblanc?

2. Why does Cesar Santos say the Amazon natives rejected Christianity?

3. Why are piranhas useful?

4. What did a python do to end up as a trophy on Kate's wall?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Alex upset by seeing his father shave his mother, Lisa's, head?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Nadia become multilingual?

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

10. Why does Kate employ harsh teaching methods with Alex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the opinions of the Amazon Indians toward the Nahab-- foreigners. What events have caused the People of the Mist and other Amazon Indians to hold those opinions?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why metal and many objects of everyday use to Alex such as cell phones, watches, and compasses, are useless in the Amazon jungle.

Essay Topic 3

What does Alex learn from his experience eating fish with the Beasts? What does this experience teach him about himself?

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