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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had the Motilone done for the man who asked Bobby to stop when he was on his way home in Chapter 24?
(a) Set broken ribs.
(b) Stitched a wound in his leg.
(c) Treated a concussion.
(d) Fixed a broken arm.

2. What do the Motilone say will happen when the tiger speaks and the spirits come out of the rocks?
(a) People will become sick.
(b) Houses will burn.
(c) People will die.
(d) Children will die.

3. How is Atabacdora injured in Chapter 19?
(a) Trips and falls in the jungle.
(b) Falls out of his hammock.
(c) Falls on his spear.
(d) Falls from a tree.

4. What illness does Bruce have when he is on the trail to visit the chief of chiefs?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) Malaria.

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

6. How long is Bruce with the Motilone before he is invited to go fishing?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 6 months.

7. What does Bobby do to keep away the evil spirits?
(a) Sings about Jesus.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Hides in a cave.
(d) Prays.

8. When does Bruce's doctor at the hospital say that he will be well enough to go back into the jungle?
(a) 12 months.
(b) Never.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 2 years.

9. How does Bruce get back to civilization from Corroroncayra?
(a) The Motilones carried him.
(b) By walking.
(c) By mule.
(d) By helicopter.

10. How long does it take to bring Gloria to the nearest Motilone communal home?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 2 days.

11. What epidemic gives Bruce a chance to prove that his medicines can cure?
(a) Pinkeye epidemic.
(b) Tuberculosis epidemic.
(c) Dysentery epidemic.
(d) Measles epidemic.

12. How was Bobby killed?
(a) Shot in the back.
(b) Shot in the groin.
(c) Shot in the heart.
(d) Shot in the head.

13. 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.

14. How many people die during the epidemic in Chapter 22?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

15. After newspaper accounts of Bruce's work with the Motilone appear, who begins calling Bruce a fake?
(a) Oil company employees.
(b) Escapees from prison.
(c) Government officials.
(d) Land settlers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gloria do when she visits the Motilones?

2. How much money is in Bruce's post office box at Cucuta the first time he checks?

3. What is Bobby's wife's name?

4. What legend does Bruce use to tell the Motilones about Jesus?

5. How many Colombian presidents have been friends with Bruce?

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