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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Bruce head off to his first year of college?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1960.

2. How does Bruce communicate when he stumbles upon an Indian village in the Andes?
(a) Uses hand signals.
(b) Uses a flute.
(c) Speaks Spanish.
(d) Pictures traced in the dirt.

3. Where does Bruce decide to go when Rafael goes back the university?
(a) Caracas.
(b) The jungles of Orinoco.
(c) Back to live with Dr. Christian.
(d) Bogota.

4. What is an Italian priest doing in Puerto Ayacucho?
(a) Teaching English to high school students.
(b) Starting a new Catholic church.
(c) Working with the Indians.
(d) Teaching English to elementary school students.

5. What smell bothered Bruce when he and Dr. Christian reach the first Indian village?
(a) Human excrement.
(b) Rotting food.
(c) Dead fish.
(d) A dead body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kent Lange's church look like?

2. Who does Bobby say is the real leader of the Motilone?

3. On how many acres are cattle grazing at the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. Who do Bobby, Bruce, and Ayaboquina decide to appeal to concerning Abril's threats?

5. Where does Bruce sleep when he stays with Rafael's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Tom, a missionary kid from Mr. Saunders' mission, not allowed to see Bruce any more?

2. Why does Bruce not like staying at Dr. Christian's home?

3. Describe Mr. Rayburn's presentation at the interdenominational church that Bruce attends.

4. What is the Motilone like who seems to protect Bruce when he is in the Motilone communal house?

5. What does Bruce like and dislike about the Old Testament of the Bible?

6. How does Bruce persuade a Yuko Indian to agree to take him to the Motilones?

7. What does Bruce bring into the jungle when he comes back from Bogota?

8. What does Bruce wonder about missionary work when he stays with the Indians after Dr. Christian leaves?

9. Why can Bruce identify with Lucio Mondragon when he has to deal with power struggles and squabbles in his coalition?

10. What happens when Bobby, Ayaboquina, and Bruce Olson are talking in a jungle clearing at the top of a bluff?

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