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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Tony and Milly going?
(a) To Paris.
(b) To the Riviera.
(c) To the seashore in Brighton.
(d) To a seedy motel in Essex.

2. What happens when Tony and Messinger awaken?
(a) They find the Macushi have stripped the camp and run.
(b) They hear a shaman chanting.
(c) They are surrounded by Pie Wie.
(d) It is raining heavily.

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

4. Who arrives first at the meeting point for Tony and Milly?
(a) Jock.
(b) Two detectives.
(c) Milly.
(d) Tony.

5. What letter does Tony receive from Brenda on Monday?
(a) A confession and a request for ending the marriage.
(b) A accusation for not taking better care of John Andrew.
(c) A suicide letter.
(d) A plea for reconciliation.

6. What does Messinger decide to do?
(a) Desert Tony.
(b) Leave Tony on the shore and go for help.
(c) Start a large fire to try to find someone.
(d) Give Tony a merciful death.

7. Where does Tony meet his traveling companion?
(a) The London Museum.
(b) The Greville Club.
(c) The theater.
(d) At a party at Jock's home.

8. What does John Beaver ask his mother?
(a) If she can get Brenda to leave him alone.
(b) If Brenda can live with her.
(c) If she will buy him tickets to go to South America.
(d) If she has a job for Brenda.

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

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

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

12. How does Jenny interpret John's death?
(a) As a result of a curse Jenny carries.
(b) As an omen of bad things still to come.
(c) As a tragedy to just Tony.
(d) As the only way Brenda will come to her senses.

13. Of whom does Tony not see much before she leaves?
(a) Brenda.
(b) Mrs. Rattery.
(c) His sister.
(d) Marjorie.

14. Where is Milly going to meet Tony?
(a) At a place called Victoria.
(b) In Amsterdam.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In New York.

15. Where is Tony and Messinger's second base camp?
(a) At the border of the Pie-Wie country.
(b) Near a huge waterfall.
(c) Deep into Pie-Wie territory.
(d) Near the mouth of the Wausau River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Todd?

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

3. Why does Tony have to prove his infidelity?

4. What are the legal ramifications of John Andrew's death?

5. Who nurses Tony back to health?

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