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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Barbara make an almost-fatal error?
(a) She gets the boat grounded in a dangerous area.
(b) She leads Mr. Fox to the Hummocca tribe.
(c) She allows several of the Hummocca tribal members on the boat.
(d) She does not bring enough gas along on the trip.

2. Who is likely Hummocca?
(a) Easter.
(b) Dr. Swenson's field worker.
(c) Dr. Swenson's research assistant.
(d) Dr. Swenson's housekeeper.

3. What do some of the women do with Marina?
(a) Show her how to protect herself from bugs.
(b) Dress her in Lakashi dress.
(c) Take her to the chief's wife.
(d) Feed her breakfast.

4. For what does Dr. Swenson say she has no love?
(a) Vogel.
(b) Local medical practices.
(c) Nosy researchers.
(d) The white man's ways.

5. Why is Dr. Swenson angry with Barbara?
(a) Barbara brings several tourists to the Lakashi tribe.
(b) Barbara brings Fox to the jungle.
(c) Barbara arrives and wants to eat some of the bark of the Martins.
(d) Barbara brings her infant son to the jungle.

6. Who is Dr. Thomas Nkomo?
(a) A medical missionary.
(b) A anthropology professor.
(c) A sociology professor.
(d) A researcher.

7. How do the Lakashi women use the trees that produce the fertility compound?
(a) They pulverize the roots and eat the paste made from them.
(b) They brew a tea from the leaves.
(c) They eat the soft bark.
(d) They brew a tea from the bark.

8. What else besides fertility do the trees affect?
(a) Protect against malaria.
(b) Protect against dengue fever.
(c) Protect against most cancers.
(d) Cause growth spurts.

9. What is Nkomo studying?
(a) He is not studying; he is spreading the gospel of Christianity.
(b) The relation of the Lakashi to other tribes in the area.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) The evolution of the Aboriginal gene pool.

10. What does Benoit find in a vegetative area of the river?
(a) A boa constrictor.
(b) A crocodile.
(c) A caimen.
(d) An anaconda.

11. Who meets the boat?
(a) Easter's parents.
(b) The entire Lakashi tribe.
(c) The Lakashi shaman.
(d) Anders.

12. How are the Lakashi characterized as far as study subjects?
(a) Patient.
(b) Reluctant.
(c) Unwilling.
(d) Fearful.

13. Why does Swenson drop Marina's hammock onto the deck?
(a) To wake up her and discourage her from going further.
(b) The rope breaks; it is not Dr. Swenson's fault.
(c) She hears Marina's nightmare and thinks there is a snake in Marina's hammock.
(d) To test Marina's toughness.

14. What does Marina learn about the trees that produce the fertility compound?
(a) Each tree has a root system spanning several hundred feet.
(b) The trees only live in a small area of the jungle.
(c) Each tree is hundreds of years old.
(d) It is actually only one tree.

15. What does Marina think Swenson is implying when talking about Anders?
(a) That Marina does not care about the Lakashi.
(b) That Anders is alive.
(c) That Marina will quit the jungle after a couple days.
(d) That Marina will not be able to live up to Anders' competency.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Barbara see running towards her on their trip to the Lakashi?

2. What does Dr. Swenson say is more the issue than morality?

3. Where does Marina go with Alan and Nancy Saturn?

4. How is the crew of the boat greeted?

5. Why does Dr. Swenson thank Marina?

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