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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gloria do when she visits the Motilones?
(a) Goes hunting with the men.
(b) Spears a fish.
(c) Collects jungle specimens.
(d) Cooks with the women.

2. Why does Graciano bring people to Iquiacarora?
(a) To help the Motilone fight the escaped prisoners.
(b) To threaten the Motilone.
(c) To fight with the Motilone.
(d) They needed medical attention.

3. What did the Motilone believe that Bruce was when he came to the jungle?
(a) An evil spirit.
(b) A vulture.
(c) A cannibal.
(d) A cockroach.

4. Who staffs the health centers, farms, and schools that are established in Motilone territory?
(a) Colombia doctors, nurses, and teachers.
(b) Colombian government workers.
(c) The Motilones.
(d) Missionaries.

5. Where do Bruce and Gloria eat when he comes to Bogota?
(a) A local restaurant.
(b) An American restaurant.
(c) A Hungarian restaurant.
(d) An Italian restaurant.

6. Why can't Bruce establish a pact with Bobby at first?
(a) Because he could not fish.
(b) Because he could not make arrows.
(c) Because he was not a part of the tribe.
(d) Because he could not hunt.

7. After Bruce leaves the hospital in Tibu, what does he bring back to make his life more comfortable?
(a) A pillow.
(b) A sun helmet.
(c) A flea collar.
(d) Bush clothing.

8. What does Bruce tell Gloria to do if she wants to help the Motilones?
(a) Go to law school.
(b) Volunteer in the schools.
(c) Go to medical school.
(d) Volunteer in a health center.

9. What do the greens of the jungle look like as darkness approaches?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Felt.
(c) Soft leather.
(d) A pool of emerald green water.

10. How many days does Bruce spend with Gloria's mother after Gloria died?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 6 days.

11. What Motilone is named Colombian "Man of the Year"?
(a) Bobarishora.
(b) Atabacdora.
(c) Abaratatura.
(d) Axducatsyara.

12. When is the first time that Bruce ever sees a Motilone cry?
(a) When he told the story of Jesus.
(b) When a man's brother died.
(c) When he showed them a Bible.
(d) When Bobarishora's father died.

13. How much longer does the doctor say that Bruce would have lived if he had not been taken back to civilization from Corroroncayra or received medication?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 15 hours.

14. What do the women spend most of their days doing?
(a) Weaving.
(b) Tending gardens.
(c) Gathering plants.
(d) Cooking.

15. How much money is in Bruce's post office box at Cucuta the second time that he checks?
(a) $295.
(b) $65.
(c) $450.
(d) $100.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bruce watch crawl across the ceiling when he lays in his hammock?

2. What parable from the Bible has to be adapted because of Motilone culture?

3. How does Bobby tell the other Motilones about Jesus?

4. How many people die during the epidemic in Chapter 22?

5. How does Bruce get around the problem of not being able to make a pact with Bobby?

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