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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 24 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 15 hours.
(d) 2 days.

2. What is Gloria studying in Bogota when she meets Bruce?
(a) Botany.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Education.
(d) Law.

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

4. What friends does Bruce compare himself and Bobby to?
(a) Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee.
(b) David and Jonathan.
(c) Jesus and John.
(d) Tom and Jerry.

5. How does Bruce get around the problem of not being able to make a pact with Bobby?
(a) He had Bobby's brother fish for him.
(b) Bobby's father allowed Bruce to be adopted into the tribe.
(c) He had Bobby's brother hunt for him.
(d) He had Bobby's brother make arrows for him.

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

7. What does Bruce watch crawl across the ceiling when he lays in his hammock?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Ants.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Rats.

8. What does Bruce say about God that amazes the Motilones?
(a) That God wanted them to have peace.
(b) That God loved them.
(c) That God would forgive them.
(d) That God had become a man.

9. When is a government commission flown into the area to solve a boundary problem?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1968.

10. What color are Bruce's eyes when he is on the trail to visit the chief of chiefs?
(a) Gray.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

11. Who do the Motilones decide that they want to tell about Jesus?
(a) The Yuko.
(b) The Yanomani.
(c) The Wayuu.
(d) The Inga.

12. Where is Bobby's body taken?
(a) Tibu.
(b) Iquiacarora.
(c) Machiques.
(d) Cucuta.

13. What legend does Bruce use to tell the Motilones about Jesus?
(a) The legend of the man who became an ant.
(b) The legend of the banana stalk.
(c) The legend of the witch doctor.
(d) The legend of the Motilone trail.

14. Who tells Bruce and the others that Bobby is dead?
(a) Abacuriana.
(b) Asrayda.
(c) Aystoicana.
(d) Camiyocbara.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Bobby go down river in Chapter 24 with two other Motilone?

3. How long does the epidemic in Chapter 22 last?

4. For whom does Bruce want a flea collar?

5. What do the Motilone say will happen when the tiger speaks and the spirits come out of the rocks?

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