True or False? To honor Paishon, they named two waterfalls after him.
False
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(Ch.11) Why did the Cinta Larga wonder if the men were human?
The Cinta Larga have naturally hairless faces, and Roosevelt and the other men had full beards. Cinta Largas had never seen men with beards.
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What does insidious mean? A slight breeze offered some relief from the insidious and tortuous swarms of biting flies, stinging bees, and disease-spreading mosquitoes.
A=dangerous
B=annoying
C=harmless
D=ever-present
A=Dangerous
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seesaw
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magnet
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fairy
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lifesaver
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Rondon and Roosevelt usually got along, but they disagreed on this...
Roosevelt believed they needed get down the river fast while Rondon thought they needed to keep going and do a detailed map.
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True or False? The tracks showed that Julio most likely returned to get the gun but turned around.
True
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Why did Rondon abandon Lobo as the dog was dying?
The Indians were still on the attack and coming for Rondon.
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How did the men honor Simplico after he died?
They named a waterfall after him
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boom
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shark
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baam
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(Ch.18) How did Rondon try to persuade Roosevelt to live? A=He told Roosevelt that the expedition was named after him, and they couldn't continue without Roosevelt B=Rondon promised $30K to him if he would live to the end of the expedition
A=He told Roosevelt that the expedition was named after him, and they couldn't continue without Roosevelt
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In which country did this occur?
Brazil
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shark
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baam
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True or False? Roosevelt passed by Julio without a word essentially leaving him for dead.
True
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(Ch. 16) When Julio was caught stealing the first time in chapter 15, what did Paishon do?
Paishon punched Julio in the mouth.
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What does plagued mean? Since leaving New York two and a half weeks ago Theodore Rooseveltโs steamship had been plagued by bad weather.
A=destroyed B=rained upon C=continued trouble
C=Continued Trouble
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True or False? The Nhambiquara Indians and the Cinta Larga Indians are very similar as they are cousins.