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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bruce meet Gloria?

2. What illness does Bruce have when he is on the trail to visit the chief of chiefs?

3. In Chapter 22, how many days have sick people been without food or water?

4. In Chapter 19, how much money dioes Bruce need to pay for drugs for an epidemic that they are fighting?

5. What is Gloria studying in Bogota when she meets Bruce?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Motilone not shoot any man or animal who is about to die a natural death?

2. How does Bobby act when his daughter dies?

3. What do the Motilones do during an average day?

4. How does Bruce begin teaching Motilones how to read?

5. What game do the Yuko play that would upset the Motilones?

6. Describe Bobby's funeral.

7. How does Bruce discover that the Motilone language is a tonal language?

8. What bothers Bruce about being with the Motilones?

9. After meeting with Gloria's mother in Chapter 24, why does Bruce not go back to Tibu.

10. What do Bobby and Bruchko have to do when they are translating Philippians?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many conflicts in the book Bruchko. Explain how some of these conflicts work to help people understand Bruce's religious beliefs. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the lack of hospitality that Bruce received from the missionaries to the hospitality that he received from Latin American families, a Catholic priest, university students, the Indians, and others. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the phrase "If you can't bear the cross, then you can't wear the crown" relates to Bruce's work among the Motilone. Use examples from Bruchko.

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