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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. For what is the Rio Negro named?

2. What are the natives who live along the Amazon called?

3. What most surprises Alex that people can do without?

4. What is Ludovic Leblanc's profession?

5. Who is described as looking like a stereotypical wild game hunter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of father is John Cold?

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

4. How do the different members of the expedition believe the Beast should be dealt with?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Nadia become multilingual?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Alex gains power during his initiation ceremony. What does he take from his father, his mother, and the jaguar? How is he different when the ceremony is concluded?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the People of the Mist dealt with the death of a loved one, and the ways in which these rituals differ from those of Western civilization.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways was the opinion of the expedition members about the nature of the Beast inaccurate? How did they develop inaccurate opinions? In what ways were they correct?

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