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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. What does Rosa say when Tony talks to her about going further on?
(a) They will but it will be very dangerous.
(b) Maybe if the rest of their group arrives.
(c) Her tribe does not go into Pie-Wie lands.
(d) It will cost many more cigarettes.

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

3. Why does Jock apologize?
(a) For introducing Brenda and John initially.
(b) For leaving Mrs. Rafferty at Hetton for a few days.
(c) For not helping John Andrew control his horse.
(d) For knowing about Brenda and John and not saying anything to Tony.

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

5. Who calls a family meeting of Brenda's family?
(a) Marjorie.
(b) Brenda's mother.
(c) Reggie.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumor is Brenda spreading about Tony?

2. What do Tony and Messinger do?

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

4. About what do the detectives warn Tony?

5. Where is Jenny going?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the inadequacies of the social circle in which Brenda revolves evident with the death of John Andrew?

4. What seems most important to Tony as he lies possibly dying and alone?

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

6. What are the indications that Tony may still be plagued by a "curse" or bad luck?

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

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

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

10. How does Reggie present the situation about Brenda to Tony?

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