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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. After the family meeting, where does one of Brenda's brothers go?
(a) To see Tony.
(b) To talk to the judge.
(c) Back to his own city.
(d) To talk to his uncle.

2. Why does the young woman become unfriendly to Tony?
(a) When he mentions Brenda.
(b) When he makes a move on her.
(c) When he says something that indicates his prejudice.
(d) She does not become unfriendly.

3. About what does Mr. Todd become evasive?
(a) Helping Tony leave.
(b) Why he is there.
(c) How Messinger dies.
(d) Who Mr. Todd really is.

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

5. Why is Jock appalled at Brenda's response?
(a) Because Brenda says that it serves Tony right.
(b) Because Brenda seems relieved that it is her son John Andrew who is dead, not John Beaver.
(c) Because Brenda doesn't seem at all affected.
(d) Because Brenda blames Tony.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what sound does Tony awaken?

2. Where does Tony meet his traveling companion?

3. What does Jock tell Tony?

4. What letter does Tony receive from Brenda on Monday?

5. Who arrives first at the meeting point for Tony and Milly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is rather ironic about how divorce is treated in this era?

2. How long is it before Tony and Messinger are able to talk to the men of the village about what they want?

3. What do Messigner and Tony decide to do and do you think they make the best choice?

4. How does Brenda use the death of her son to justify her request for a divorce?

5. How is it that Tony seems to be the "bad" guy in a number of ways?

6. How has Tony again entrusted his life to someone for whom that trust is not valid?

7. How does Brenda take the news of her son's death?

8. What happens after Brenda has written Tony and telling him about John Beaver?

9. How has John Beaver fared through the saga of Tony and Brenda's failed marriage?

10. How does Tony manage to survive in the jungle?

(see the answer keys)

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