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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tony feel during his travels upstream in a small boat.
(a) Dejected.
(b) Apprehensive.
(c) Quite uncomfortable.
(d) Exhilerated.

2. What does Jock tell Tony?
(a) He and Brenda are about to board the train.
(b) He will not be back to Hetton.
(c) He cannot find Brenda.
(d) That Tony should divorce Brenda.

3. How is Tony doing in the wake of Brenda's request to end their marriage?
(a) He believes she will change her mind, so is not thinking about it.
(b) He is relieved it is finally over.
(c) He is very angry and is contemplating killing her.
(d) He is having a hard time.

4. Who nurses Tony back to health?
(a) No one; he recovers on his own.
(b) The Pie Wie tribe.
(c) Mr. Todd.
(d) Dr. Messinger.

5. What annoys Tony the most when Milly arrives?
(a) She has brought along her daughter.
(b) She calls Tony by his wrong name.
(c) She flirts with the detectives.
(d) She lites up a cigarette.

6. What propels Tony to start a dialog with Brenda?
(a) Nothing in particular.
(b) A letter from Jock.
(c) His grief about John Andrew.
(d) A letter from John Beaver.

7. Where does Messinger want to go?
(a) To Port au Prince.
(b) To Florida.
(c) To South America.
(d) To the land of the Pie-Wie tribe.

8. What do Tony and Messinger do?
(a) Beat each other up in a quarrel.
(b) Turn back.
(c) Travel downstream alone.
(d) Give up.

9. To what sound does Tony awaken?
(a) To screams from the camp guides.
(b) To the snarl of a leopard.
(c) To Messinger treating a wound from a vampire bat.
(d) To native drums.

10. What is wrong with Tony?
(a) He is despondent.
(b) He has broken his leg.
(c) He is going blind.
(d) He has a fever that keeps recurring.

11. What does Tony slip to the man who visits the camp?
(a) A piece of paper with his name on it.
(b) His watch.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A hundred pound note.

12. About what do the detectives warn Tony?
(a) To make sure he is careful with his wallet.
(b) About Milly's bad temper.
(c) That if Brenda sees him, she will have an even better chance of getting a great deal of money.
(d) About the child spoiling the appearance of infidelity.

13. How many trips has Tony made in his life?
(a) None.
(b) 33.
(c) 3.
(d) 10 or so.

14. What does Brenda ask about Tony's trip?
(a) If it will be profitable.
(b) Nothing.
(c) If it is going to take six months for sure.
(d) If it is safe.

15. Who does Jock find at Jenny's flat?
(a) Princess Jenny Abdul Akbar.
(b) No one.
(c) John Beaver.
(d) Majorie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rosa?

2. What is Brenda trying to get?

3. What surprises Tony?

4. How does Mrs. Rattery try to distract Tony while waiting for Jock and Brenda?

5. Where is Tony and Messinger's second base camp?

(see the answer keys)

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