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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Bruce stay in the Indian village in the Andes before he tries to leave?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

2. What happens one night when Bruce starts for home late after an evening service at the interdenominational church?
(a) His father locks him out.
(b) The Lange's drive him home.
(c) His brother throws his belongings in the snow.
(d) His father throws his belongings it the snow.

3. What are houses made from that Bruce sees as he drives with Julio to his family's home?
(a) Adobe.
(b) Clapboard.
(c) Cardboard boxes and plywood crates.
(d) Stucco.

4. When Bruce stumbles into an Indian village in the Andes, who whips Bruce when he is there?
(a) An old man.
(b) An old woman.
(c) The chief.
(d) A young man.

5. What is Christmas like in Puerto Ayacucho?
(a) Thanksgiving in Minnesota.
(b) Fourth of July in Minnesota.
(c) Bruce's birthday at home.
(d) Christmas in Minnesota.

6. How many days does it take Bruce to travel on a bus from Caracas to a town in the foothills of the Andes?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

7. Who is Dr. Gregoria Hernandez de Alba?
(a) A military commander.
(b) A government official.
(c) A Colombian anthropologist.
(d) A soldier.

8. On how many acres are cattle grazing at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 55 acres.
(b) 25 acres.
(c) 15 acres.
(d) 100 acres.

9. Why, as Bruce learns later, are the Indians so upset when they returned to their village and find Bruce there?
(a) A white man had killed some children earlier that week.
(b) They did not have enough food to share with a stranger.
(c) Some white men had killed some women and children.
(d) Two Indians had been killed by white settlers earlier that day.

10. Where does Bruce stay his first night in South America?
(a) In the airport.
(b) A boarding house.
(c) A luxury hotel.
(d) A youth hostel.

11. What shape is the Motilone communal home?
(a) Square.
(b) Oblong.
(c) Round.
(d) Rectangular.

12. What country does a missionary serve in who speaks at the Lange's church when Bruce is sixteen?
(a) New Guinea.
(b) Barbados.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Rwanda.

13. Who do Bobby, Bruce, and Ayaboquina decide to appeal to concerning Abril's threats?
(a) The Columbian government.
(b) The governor of Colombia.
(c) The military.
(d) God.

14. Why is Bruce passing blood every morning when he stays in the Indian village in the Andes?
(a) He has amoebic dysentery.
(b) He has Dengue.
(c) He has a filovirus.
(d) He has Chagas disease.

15. Where do the Motilone defecate when Bruce first lives with them?
(a) In a small hut a few yards from the communal home.
(b) In a ditch behind the communal home.
(c) In the jungle.
(d) Just outside the door.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the American couple that Bruce meets living in Bogota?

2. At the end of Chapter 3, what does Bruce's mother say is the source of half of the problems in their family?

3. Who does Bruce meet in Puerto Ayacucho while he lives in Dr. Christian's home?

4. How many days does it take Bruce and the Indians to get to Motilone territory?

5. What does Bruce want to do as a profession when he grows up before he believes God changed his mind?

(see the answer keys)

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